...Guiomar Liste; Marta Plumed Lasarte Purpose This study analyses Spanish consumer reviews of pasteurised/UHT milk from Amazon to assess the alignment between consumer opinions and producer labelling efforts. It aims to bridge the attitude–behaviour gap in traditional market research by examining...

...Merja Halme; Anna-Maija Pirttilä-Backman; Trang Pham Purpose Both governments and the food industry are interested in plant-based products. New products are advertised as climate-friendly, with plant-based materials increasingly replacing animal-based content. In Finland, oat milk dominates...

...Maria Bruna Zolin; Danilo Cavapozzi; Martina Mazzarolo Purpose Milk is one of the most produced, consumed and protected agricultural commodities worldwide. The purpose of this paper is to assess how trade-opening policies can foster food security in the Chinese milk sector. Design/methodology...

...Julia Höhler; Julia A. Schreiner Purpose In times of “milk price crises”, “fair” milk prices are repeatedly demanded. Various studies indicate an increased willingness to pay (WTP) for the additional attribute of price fairness. Nevertheless, market shares have been low so far. The purpose...

... dessert dispersion matrices. The purpose of this paper is to find the optimal sweetener concentration in three plant-based frozen desserts and carob-flavoured milk dispersion matrix ice cream. Design/methodology/approach The ideal sucrose concentrations (per cent) were determined through an affective...

... association between the characteristics of the barriers and the dairy production key factors. In this sense, the authors can confirm that the increase of the loads in the dairy production key factors, reduce loads of the milk production barriers. Based on the results of this test, new theoretical...

...Andrei Bonamigo; Helio Aisenberg Ferenhof; Rafael Tezza; Fernando Antonio Forcellini Purpose The purpose of this paper is to empirically test the dairy production barriers: lack of cooperation between the chain actors, milk quality deficiencies, rural exodus and, productivity limitations...

... the ability of the dairy to achieve its goals. The other recommendation is the managers of cooperatives must have a clear policy on the price of milk, and this policy should indicate the transparency and accountability. Then, regarding the long-term benefit of dairy cooperative, it is recommended for dairy...

...Maurizio Lanfranchi; Agata Zirilli; Annamaria Passantino; Angela Alibrandi; Carlo Giannetto Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report a survey in random-selected supermarkets in Italy in order to identify the attitudes and perceptions of consumers toward milk and in particular toward donkey...

... A9 – there is a need for inter-institutional cooperation, avoiding waste of efforts in parallel and competing actions Milk quality deficiencies A6 – need for changes in the producer’s attitude to the adoption of appropriate techniques for operating the process 5 A5 – milk payment made...

...Shijiu Yin; Mo Chen; Yusheng Chen; Yingjun Xu; Zongsen Zou; Yiqin Wang Purpose – Organic certification system became important means to restore consumer confidence in China. The purpose of this paper is to focus on consumer trust in organic milk of different brands and its influencing factors...

...Mohsen Rasouli Valajoozi; Nosrat Ollah Zangi Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to compare and find the significance of aesthetic standards related to the packaging design of pure milk among two groups of parents and children in order to help the designers and marketers to identify these two...

...Dennis Bergmann; Declan O’Connor; Andreas Thümmel Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyze how the German, Irish and average EU farm gate milk prices have changed after the common agricultural policy (CAP) reform in 2003. In addition the dynamics of these prices are compared to a US farm...

...Lynsey Hollywood; Laura Wells; Gillian Armstrong; Heather Farley Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate consumer attitudes towards packaging design as a tactical strategy for increasing the commercial value of liquid milk within the dairy industry. Design/methodology/approach...

...Lajos Zoltán Bakucs; Imre Fertő; Gábor G. Szabó Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyse farmers' contracting choice in the Hungarian milk sector, employing transaction cost economics framework. Design/methodology/approach The authors focus on some key determinants of farmers...

...B. Pajin; I. Radujko; Z. Šereš; D. Šoronja Simović; J. Gyura; M. Sakač Purpose Investigated milk fat fraction differs in physical attributes, first of all in melting point and solid fat content and its influence on crystallization process of cocoa butter i.e. chocolate mass. It means...

...Jeremy Franks; Sarah Hauser Purpose When the UK's Milk Marketing Boards (MMB) were disbanded in 1994 the formal link between the farm gate milk price with the milk's end‐use was broken. The purpose of this paper is to examine whether milk prices fell to their “marginal value in the least...

...; Lactobacillus; soymilk; isoflavones; ACE Vitamins Milk Fermented soy products have been claimed as an excellent source of bioactive peptides (Yang et al., 2004). The enrichment of fermented medium with bioactive peptides is attributed to the proteolytic activity of lactobacilli...

...Frederick T. Tabit; Elna M. Buys Purpose The presence of Bacillus sporothermodurans in retail UHT milk along with milk from different points of a processing line was determined. This paper aims to investigate the effect of chilling, pre‐heating, UHT, reprocessing...

...S. Sarkar; A.K. Misra Purpose – Prophylactic characteristics of plain acidophilus milk could be further enhanced with the incorporation of certain probiotic or beneficial organisms. This research undertakes to evaluate the technological and dietetic characteristics of probiotic acidophilus milk...