Introduction: Most people in Australia buy most of their food in supermarkets. Marketing techniques promoting healthy foods in supermarkets can be important to encourage healthy eating at a population level. Shelf tags that highlight the healthiness of products have been identified as one such...

Innovation in organic food products plays an important role in further developing its competitiveness in the market and meeting the emerging consumers' needs. However, few studies have analysed consumers' points of view of innovations on organic food, limited to the change in the natural food...

Herbal dietary supplements (HDS) used for dyslipidemia represent a category of concern in Italy for suspected adverse reactions (ARs). However, we cannot estimate their safety, as we do not know their commercial profile. Sales data of HDS, and particularly, those used for dyslipidemia, were...

In the present study, a tangential membrane filtration system was applied to recover phenols from olive mill wastewater. The obtained concentrates were characterised for physico-chemical traits, antioxidant activity and antimicrobial effects. Results indicated that the highest concentration of...

This study used systematic literature reviews conducted in Japan of a finished product or functional ingredient to identify foods with function claims. We used "stool frequency" as the benchmark for the health claim of "improvement of the intestinal environment." We found 427 foods with function...

This systematic literature review collected and summarized research on consumer preferences and the purchase behaviour of food products with nutritional claims (NCs) and health claims (HCs), to reconcile, and expand upon, the findings of previous studies. First, considering that consumer behaviour...

Consumer interest in Grass-Fed dairy products is increasing with some consumer groups willing to pay a premium for dairy labelled as Grass-Fed. The aim of this study was to examine the effect of the term Grass-Fed on a label in combination with claims on fat content, on consumer perceptions of...

Following a request from the European Commission, the EFSA Panel on Nutrition, Novel Foods and Food Allergens (NDA) was asked to deliver scientific advice related to nutrient profiling for the development of harmonised mandatory front-of-pack nutrition labelling and the setting of nutrient profiles ...

Purpose of Review: The scientific consensus on which global health organizations base public health policies is that high sodium intake increases blood pressure (BP) in a linear fashion contributing to cardiovascular disease (CVD). A moderate reduction in sodium intake to 2000 mg per day helps...

Changing nutritional demands, in combination with the global trend for snacking, sets a goal for preparing food products for direct consumption with certain beneficial properties. This study was designed to investigate the quality characteristics of raw vegan bonbons enriched with lyophilized peach ...