Food Labeling: Analysis, Understanding, and Perception
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Nutritional Policies and Education for Health Promotion".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 July 2020) | Viewed by 195303
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nutrition; diets; sustainability; food labeling; food quality; cereals; antioxidants; phenolic; antioxidant activity
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Interests: analysis of consumer behavior and preferences; the evaluation of the socio-economic sustainability of dietary behaviors; economic analysis of food safety and food quality schemes with a value chain sustainability perspective
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Food labels are a tool to promote public health by providing information which allows consumers to make informed dietary choices. At the same time, food labels may represent a marketing tool and may influence consumers’ perception of food quality.
This Special Issue welcomes original research and reviews of literature focusing on:
- The analysis of the nutrient profile of products with different characteristics reported on the food labels (including but not limited to nutrition and health claims, organic, gluten-free);
- The nutrient profile underlying FOP nutrition labels and their graphical design in different countries;
- The consumers’ perception, knowledge and understanding of the information made on food;
- The impact of information on food labeling (e.g., front-of-pack information, serving size) on consumers’ willingness to pay and food choice;
- The attitudes, beliefs, perceptions, behavioral, and socioeconomic determinants regarding the use of food labels.
Dr. Daniela Martini
Prof. Davide Menozzi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- food label
- nutrition and health claims
- gluten free
- organic
- nutrition declaration
- food choice
- consumer behavior
- consumer attitude
- willingness to pay
- consumer perception
- food decision making
- food packaging
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