Special Issue "Consumer Behavior Based on Food Source, Technology and Health Effect"
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Sensory and Consumer Sciences".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 April 2023 | Viewed by 725
Special Issue Editor
Interests: sensory science; cross-cultural consumer behavior; flavor chemistry; food choice; food liking; food quality
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Consumers’ food behavior is derived not only from the innate sensory quality of the food itself, but from many other factors. The values that consumers seek within food are not limited to satisfaction of physiological needs. Environmental sustainability, innovative food tech, cultural consonance, and health benefits are becoming increasingly critical motivators when it comes to food choice, and consumers’ demographical and psychographic characteristics influence their perception toward foods and the elements involved in its creation, affecting food behavior. An in-depth understanding of the relationships between consumer behavior and the ecological, technical, and health components that constitute the identity of food will provide a clear direction for innovative product development, and for strategic approaches that respond to consumers’ needs.
This Special Issue invites researchers that can contribute to the advancement of understanding consumer behavior in relation to food sources, technology and health effects.
Prof. Dr. Seo-Jin Chung
Guest Editor
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Foods is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- elements constituting food choice
- sustainable eating practice
- consumer’s attitude towards food innovation
- consumer and health functionality
- contextual appropriateness of foods
