Quality perceptions regarding external appearance of apples: Insights from experts and consumers in four countries

Jaeger, Sara R.; Antúnez, Lucía; Ares, Gastón; Swaney‐Stueve, Marianne; Jin, David; Harker, F. Roger

doi:10.1016/j.postharvbio.2018.08.014

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“…The present research revealed that "appearance", "price", and "ingredients" formed the winning trio that dominated consumers' judgment concerning food quality (Table 3). This finding was in agreement with previous studies that highlighted one or more of these cues as the most important in food quality evaluation [1,112]. Similarly, a study on Malaysian consumers highlighted that freshness and price were two of the most used quality cues for fresh meat, fruits, and vegetables, and freshness was judged by the physical appearance of the meat [50].…”

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Consumer Understanding of Food Quality, Healthiness, and Environmental Impact: A Cross-National Perspective

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Vermeir

Petrescu-Mag

2019

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The last few decades testify that consumers’ concerns for healthier lifestyles and environment care are driving forces for reshaping food buying intentions and their perspectives on food quality. The present study identifies the importance that consumers attach to quality, health, and environment selected cues of purchased food products. More precisely, to elicit preferences for social, environmental, and qualitative food cues, a survey instrument was developed and applied on 797 Belgian and Romanian consumers. Our findings suggest that investigated consumers most frequently use freshness, taste, and appearance to evaluate food quality. The use frequency of food quality cues related to health is primarily influenced by the attention paid to food quality. The most relevant cues of food healthiness are ingredients, nutrition facts, and additives and for food environmental impact are packaging, food origin, and production type. It is concluded that food quality receives high attention both from Belgian and Romanian consumers and health and environment related cues can be used as a means of improving consumer health and environmental protection.

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confidence: 91%

Consumer Understanding of Food Quality, Healthiness, and Environmental Impact: A Cross-National Perspective

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“…Seed coat pattern is an important consumer-related trait in cowpea. Consumers make decisions about the quality and presumed taste of a product based on appearance (Kostyla et al, 1978; Jaeger et al, 2018). Cowpea displays a variety of patterns, including varied eye shapes and sizes, Holstein, Watson, and Full Coat pigmentation, among others ( Figure 1 ).…”

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Seed Coat Pattern QTL and Development in Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp.)

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Muñoz‐Amatriaín

et al. 2019

Front. Plant Sci.

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The appearance of the seed is an important aspect of consumer preference for cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp.). Seed coat pattern in cowpea has been a subject of study for over a century. This study makes use of newly available resources, including mapping populations, a reference genome and additional genome assemblies, and a high-density single nucleotide polymorphism genotyping platform, to map various seed coat pattern traits to three loci, concurrent with the Color Factor (C), Watson (W), and Holstein (H) factors identified previously. Several gene models encoding proteins involved in regulating the later stages of the flavonoid biosynthesis pathway have been identified as candidate genes, including a basic helix–loop–helix gene (Vigun07g110700) for the C locus, a WD-repeat gene (Vigun09g139900) for the W locus and an E3 ubiquitin ligase gene (Vigun10g163900) for the H locus. A model of seed coat development, consisting of six distinct stages, is described to explain some of the observed pattern phenotypes.

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“…Hence, several new strains of 'Gala' apples with highly red-colored skins have been selected and propagated in new orchards of main apple production regions along the last decades. Fruit appearance is sensorially evaluated by consumers and influences initial purchase decision (JAEGER et al, 2018). Increasing preference for apple strains with redder skin coloration based on the sensory assessment of visual appearance has been demonstrated in bicolor or red cultivars (CRASSWELLER; HOLLENDER, 1989;KAPPEL et al, 1992;GREENE;AUTIO, 1993;HAMADZIRIPI et al, 2014).…”

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Comparison of fruit maturation and quality of ‘Gala’ apple strains at harvest and after storage

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Strains of ‘Gala’ apples with highly red-colored skins have been planted in new orchards based on consumer interest and financial returns to the producers. The effect of somatic mutation may not be limited to change in fruit skin appearance. In this study, six ‘Gala’ strains were compared regarding fruit maturity and quality attributes at commercial harvest time and after 210 days in controlled atmosphere cold storage plus seven days shelf-life. Experimental orchards were established in three regions and fruit assessed over four seasons. The fruit skin red color area was highest in ‘Baigent’ and ‘Galaxy’, and lowest in ‘Royal Gala’ and ‘Imperial Gala’. Fruit of ‘Maxi Gala’ and ‘Gala Real’ had intermediate skin coloration among the six strains. There was no difference among the strains regarding the fruit weight, starch index, flesh firmness, soluble solid content (SSC), and titratable acidity (TA) at harvest, and flesh firmness, SSC and TA after storage. Fruit of the six ‘Gala’ strains were equally affected by physiological disorders (flesh browning, fruit cracking, calcium deficiency disorders and shrivel) and fungal diseases (external decay, core rot and Glomerella cingulata spot) during storage, indicating that they have similar storability. Only ‘Imperial Gala’ and ‘Royal Gala’ exhibited superficial scald, an unusual disorder for ‘Gala’ cultivar. Harvest management and potential economic impacts of highly red colored fruit of ‘Gala’ strains are discussed.

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Quality perceptions regarding external appearance of apples: Insights from experts and consumers in four countries

Cited by 44 publications

References 26 publications

Consumer Understanding of Food Quality, Healthiness, and Environmental Impact: A Cross-National Perspective

Consumer Understanding of Food Quality, Healthiness, and Environmental Impact: A Cross-National Perspective

Seed Coat Pattern QTL and Development in Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata [L.] Walp.)

Comparison of fruit maturation and quality of ‘Gala’ apple strains at harvest and after storage

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