consumer awareness
EUFIC study sheds light on consumer understanding of labels and nutrition as the food labelling prop
Consumers reveal broad understanding of how to use labels. Study provides important consumer insights, says DG SANCO Director General Robert ...
EUFIC launches Energy Balance website in response to consumer confusion
Barcelona (EuroScience Open Forum) 18 July 2008 Consumers find it difficult to understand the balance between energy intake and output. In a recent online survey by the European Food Information ...
A new study has examined a quirky aspect of consumer behaviour: Do shopping lists promote or prevent
The study, from the Journal of Consumer Research, suggests having to come up with options from memory led to more impulsive ...
Consumer attitudes to nutrition information&food labelling
Desk research carried out by EUFIC in 2003 revealed that a certain amount of consumer research is already available concerning consumer understanding of the nutrition label content and format (both ...
Global Consumer attitudes to nutrition information on food labels
More information about this podcastDo consumers around the world know how much they should be eating? Do they know the energy content of the foods they eat? Do consumers read the nutrition ...
Labels, the key to consumer choice
To be able to choose a well-balanced, healthy diet, consumers need to understand what is in the food they buy. More importantly, allergy-sufferers need to be sure that they are not buying something ...
Physical Activity, Body-weight and Health: Consumer Attitudes
How do we get people to be more physically active? Along with an excess in energy intake, physical inactivity is an important contributor to the ever-increasing levels of overweight and obesity. Dr ...
Consumer Attitudes to Food, Nutrition and Health
This is the second in a series of articles outlining the results of a major study of European attitudes, beliefs and practices relating to food, carried out by the Institute of European Food ...
Contaminants in fish: weighing up the risks
With growing consumer awareness of diet and health issues, there is increasing popularity within Europe for fish as a healthy eating option. Fish is a valuable source of high quality protein, minerals ...
Foodborne illness: its origins and how to avoid it
Safety is a priority at every stage of the food chain from farm to fork, and the foods available to European consumers are usually perfectly safe to eat. However, they may occasionally become ...
