... quality evaluation Nutrient profiling Front-of-pack labelling Consumer perception Food choice Obesity and diet-related chronic diseases have increased scholarly and policy attention to the factors shaping everyday food choices. Within this debate, Ultra-Processed Foods (UPFs) have become...

...: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. 30 12 2025 08 03 2026 10 05 2026 29 06 2026 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2026 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Decision-making Consumer behaviour Message focus Food choice Marketing...

... explored the link between attention and choice, this study advances the literature by combining stored (memory-based) knowledge with external (labeling) information, offering new insights into food choice behavior. Design/methodology/approach Choice experiments are combined with eye-tracking...

...Kieran Higgins; Alysha S. Thompson; Novieta H. Sari; Orla Collins; Lynn J. Frewer Purpose This study explores the food choices made by the Roma community in Belfast, with a particular focus on how health and sustainability preferences are expressed. Design/methodology/approach An ethnographic...

... and Gracia, 2022). Both types significantly impact consumer food choices (Bou Fakhreddine and Sánchez, 2023 ; Symmank, 2019). Symmank (2019) noted in a literature review, including a quantification of the previous findings, that most studies focus on either intrinsic or extrinsic attributes...

... hunger on food choice. Design/methodology/approach The study was conducted on 217 individuals. The socio-demographic characteristics of the participants, their attitudes towards nutrition labels, attention to nutrition labels, eating habits, hedonic hunger states, and their responses to the Nutri...

...Gavish Iris Purpose This study investigates how the October 7th terrorist attack by Hamas on Israel and the subsequent “Iron Swords” war have altered consumers’ food choice priorities. The research aims to explore the shifts in decision-making regarding food consumption during times of crisis...

... Limited Licensed re-use rights only Upcycled food Food choice Sustainable development goals The theory of planned behavior Value-attitude-behavior model This study aimed to extend the boundaries of the TPB by integrating distinctive variables—namely, “dietary values,” “moral...

... 19 09 2024 15 10 2024 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Context Food pairing Food choice Fruit and vegetable beverage Sugar content Food diary The relationship between beverage consumption and health has long...

... in Germany in 2021 through an online survey. Findings Intention was the most important positive predictor of food choice, while socio-structural factors had the biggest impact on intentions. Those were mostly influenced by self-efficacy, which was strongly predicted by consumer emotions. Outcome...

...Dang Thuan An Nguyen; Liwei Hsu Purpose As humans are influenced by their environment, this study explores how different construal levels of ambient scent temperature affect consumers’ food choices. Design/methodology/approach This study employed a series of experimental methods from three...

...Toritseju Begho; Shuainan Liu Purpose People often look to the opinions and actions of others to guide their food choices, especially when they are uncertain or unfamiliar with a particular food. This influence can be positive or negative depending on the context and can have an impact on food...

... the plant-based milk market. The authors studied what features young and urban users of plant-based and cow's milk value in oat milk for coffee and how the preferences of the users relate to ethical food-choice motives. Design/methodology/approach In total, 308 students filled in an e-questionnaire...

...Hu Xie; Ann Veeck; Hongyan Yu; Hong Zhu Purpose This paper aims to examine how emotions affect consumers' food choices and food preparation activities during stressful periods, using the context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) outbreak in China. Design/methodology/approach...

... (vegans, vegetarians and semi-vegetarians). Vegetarian Plant-based food Means-end chain theory Food choice Sustainability © Emerald Publishing Limited 2022 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only The HVM in Figure 2 shows all participants' cognitive...

... 2021 13 06 2021 26 07 2021 23 08 2021 25 08 2021 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2021 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Cultural omnivorousness Social stratification Food Food choice Food preferences Systematic review The spread...

... Alternative staples Barriers Drivers Food choice Systematic literature review In the past decade, the demand for nutritional and healthy foods has increased across the world, due to rising obesity, heart problems and healthcare costs (Kushwah et al., 2019 ; Erler et al., 2020...

.../licences/by/4.0/legalcode Food literacy Food choice Consumer profiling Consumer behaviour Chronotype Health promotion The concept of food literacy goes beyond mere knowledge of nutritional recommendations or the possession of good culinary skills: food literacy is indeed a cultural...

...Jeff Bray; Heather Hartwell; Katherine Appleton; Sarah Price Purpose Despite growing demand, little product information is available when eating out. Information that is provided is often not well understood leading to a lack of consumer control and acting as a barrier to healthy food choices...

...Ou Wang; Simon Somogyi; Sylvain Charlebois Purpose This study associated consumers' food choice motives and socio-demographic characteristics with their attitudes and consumptions towards food shopping with four e-commerce modes: business-to-consumer (B2C), online-to-offline delivery (O2O Delivery...