“…Source: Adapted from v. Alvensleben, 2000;Balderjahn, 1986;Bodenstein & Spiller, 1998;Grunert, 1998;Henze, 2000;v. Ittersum & Candel, 1998;Kroeber-Riel & Weinberg, 1996;Meffert, 1998;Obermiller & Spangenberg, 1998;Sattler, 1991;Trommsdorf, 1993;Wagner, 2000. The following section exemplifies some possible impact paths in the cognitive, normative and emotional food purchase processes~without feedback mechanism!+ In the cognitive process, consumers' knowledge about certain issues like production methods plays an essential role~compare Meffert, 1998!+ The knowledge itself is marked by sociodemographic characteristics such as age or education and is related to the involvement, e+g+, the cognitive perceived risk due to food scandals or the regional involvement that means the emotional attachment to a region~compare with Ittersum, 1999!+ 6 Consumers' involvement also reflects the willingness to search, to process and to save information~Kroeber- Riel & Weinberg, 1996;Trommsdorff, 1993!+ Thus, involvement and knowledge mark and stabilize attitudes~cognitive and affective!, e+g+, the attitude towards a region or a production method~compare Altmann, 1983;Trommsdorff, 1993!+ Altogether the three factors influence successively the selective rational information perception, processing, and evaluation in the cognitive process, e+g+, of marketing information like the origin Elbe Valley+ Consequently, they also affect the creation of the product image, preferences, and the buying intention~compare Figure 1 and Werner, 1982!+ While, in the cognitive process, product information like the origin "Elbe Valley" only indirectly influences the purchase intention by rational information perception, processing, and evaluation, in the normative process, its impact is direct through perceived personal, social, and0or cultural norms~compare to Alvensleben, 2000;Obermiller & Spangenberg, 1989;Trommsdorff, 1993 @see Figure 1#!+ Examples are the feeling of duty to support the farmer in one's own region or to support nature conservation or the purchase of organic food because friends buy organic food+ However, it is assumed that the perceived norms are also marked by personal attitudes~Figure 1; Alvensleben, 2000!+ Similarly, in the affective process, the influencing factors, e+g+, an emotional regional image, have a direct impact, but, in this case, directly on the product image~imagetrans-fer; see Figure 1, compare with …”