Consumers' perception of suboptimal food: strategies to reduce food waste

E Varese, MC Cesarani, M Wojnarowska - British Food Journal, 2023 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to review, through a systematic literature review, the
different perspectives from which imperfect, ugly and suboptimal food products lead to food …

Investigating consumers' behavioral intentions toward suboptimal produce: an extended theory of planned behavior–a cross-cultural study

AM Adel, X Dai, RS Roshdy - British Food Journal, 2022 - emerald.com
Purpose This study extends the theory of planned behavior (TPB) through the inclusion of
motivating variables for suboptimal produce preference (ie environmental concern, food …

[HTML][HTML] Consumer acceptance of aesthetically imperfect vegetables–The role of information framing and personal values: Evidence from the United States

CJ Lagerkvist, AK Edenbrandt, LA Bolos… - Food Quality and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Based on a survey of 3,504 consumers in the United States, this study investigates
acceptance for food with varying types of aesthetic imperfections. A product-based discrete …

Fruit residues as biomass for bioethanol production using enzymatic hydrolysis as pretreatment

DPC Favaretto, A Rempel, JR Lanzini… - World Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The commercialization of fruits in markets generates a large amount of waste because they
are perishable and have a short shelf life, so, they are discarded. This study aimed to …

Household food waste: The meaning of product's attributes and food-related lifestyle

A Szymkowiak, B Borusiak, B Pierański… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The increasing volume and value of food waste is a huge threat to achieving sustainable
development, food market stability, human population growth, and people's well-being …

Assessing consumer preferences for suboptimal food: Application of a choice experiment in citrus fruit retail

WS Huang, HY Kuo, SY Tung, HS Chen - Foods, 2020 - mdpi.com
Amid the trend of sustainable development, reducing food waste is a global concern and
campaigns to reduce food waste have been launched. For example, the term “food sharing” …

Domestic plant food loss and waste in the United States: Environmental footprints and mitigation strategies

H Sun, Y Sun, M Jin, SA Ripp, GS Sayler, J Zhuang - Waste Management, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract The United States (US) aims to reduce half of food loss and waste (FLW) by 2030.
To achieve this goal, the public, academic, and political attentions on FLW have been …

Fruit wine obtained from melon by-products: Physico-chemical and sensory analysis, and characterization of key aromas by GC-MS

JÁ Salas-Millán, A Aznar, E Conesa, A Conesa-Bueno… - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
About 20% of fresh fruits and vegetables are rejected for not meeting the superficial
aesthetic standards (color, shape, and size). Part of the food production is not used in the …

Consumer Intention to Utilize an E-Commerce Platform for Imperfect Vegetables Based on Health-Consciousness

P Naruetharadhol, S Wongsaichia, T Pienwisetkaew… - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
Thailand has a problem with fruit and vegetable waste because consumers have a negative
attitude towards fruit and vegetables with imperfect shapes; however, those imperfections …

Take it or leave it? Investigating the ambivalence and willingness to pay for suboptimal fruits and vegetables among organic consumers in Germany

B Puteri, B Buttlar, B Jahnke - Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Organic fruits and vegetables are often visually “suboptimal” because organic farming uses
neither pesticides nor synthetic fertilisers to improve the cosmetic appearance of the …