...Maurizio Lanfranchi; Grazia Calabrò; Angelina De Pascale; Alessandro Fazio; Carlo Giannetto Purpose In the food chain the identification of household food wastes represents the most problematic aspect to analyze: both as regards the assessment of its qualitative and quantitative aspects...

... price and remaining shelf‐life. Design/methodology/approach The authors conducted interviews with three food retail managers in South Korea to gather practical information about the management of perishable foods, which informed the design of a survey in which consumers in South Korea were...

...Katrina Nordström; Mikaela Biström This study explores technological factors influencing the development of functional food products. The specific aim was to investigate if the concept of a dominant design holds true for functional foods. By using consumer acceptance as the measure of product...

...Shane H. Morris; Catherine C. Adley Genetically modified (GM) food is currently being intensely debated in Ireland and throughout Europe. Academic scientists are important players in both the public discourse and in the public policy formulation process. This paper reveals and explores...

...Lars Ovesen An unambiguous and agreed definition of what a functional food is does not exist. However, broadly speaking, a food is said to be functional if it contains a food component which affects one or more targeted functions of the body in a positive way. Functional foods often fall...