Use and understanding of labelling information when preparing infant formula: Evidence from interviews and eye tracking

Malek, Lenka; Duffy, Gillian; Fowler, Hazel; Katzer, Lisa

doi:10.1016/j.foodpol.2020.101892

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“…They judged quality, safety and health based on packaging characteristics such as material and colour [50]. Australian research showed that consumers read and understood preparation and storage instructions of infant formula but neglected or only partially followed them [51]. Though not about package usage in particular, studies in South Africa indicated that consumers were likely to use the usage instructions on food labels during purchasing [52] and that the instructions affected most participants' purchase decisions [29].…”

Section: Chemicals In Plastic Food Packaging and Implications For Consumersmentioning

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Assessing Knowledge and Use Practices of Plastic Food Packaging among Young Adults in South Africa: Concerns about Chemicals and Health

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Chemicals associated with health problems can migrate from packaging into food matrices. Therefore, consumers need to be aware of health concerns associated with incorrectly used plastic food packaging. However, little is known about consumers’ knowledge and their plastics usage practices. This study assessed this knowledge and practices among young South African adult consumers. Our online survey of 293 participants focused on their objective (actual) and subjective (self-perceived) knowledge about plastic food packaging care and safety, their utilization practices, and their sources of information about safe use of plastics. Participants’ utilization practices showed broad misuse. Their subjective knowledge about the correct use of plastic packaging was in most respects contradicted by their limited objective knowledge. We found that plastic identification codes on packaging largely failed in their informative purpose; instead, participants mainly consulted informal information sources about plastics. The knowledge gaps, unsafe plastic use practices, and information source deficiencies identified here can help to guide future improvements. We call for consumer education, across all demographics, about plastic utilization practices and associated health concerns about plastic chemicals. We also highlight the need for the government, food and plastics industries to join forces in ensuring that consumers are informed about safe plastic packaging usage.

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Assessing Knowledge and Use Practices of Plastic Food Packaging among Young Adults in South Africa: Concerns about Chemicals and Health

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“…The five steps carried out included: (1) familiarization (immersion in the data through reading all of the transcripts and listening to audio-recordings, when necessary); (2) identifying a thematic framework (identifying key ideas/themes in the data based on the research questions and on a priori themes highlighted in previous research [22], and using these themes to develop a data filtering and coding framework); (3) coding (identifying segments of text that correspond to the themes identified in step 2); (4) charting (arranging the coded text into matrices by theme using NVivo's framework matrix function, and later exporting those matrices to an Excel spreadsheet, to enable comparisons within and between participants); and (5) mapping and interpretation (analysing the key characteristics in the charts according to the research objectives). This framework approach has been used in previous research investigating participants' perceptions, understanding, and experiences related to sustainability and other food-related issues [50][51][52].…”

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Sustainable Meat: Looking through the Eyes of Australian Consumers

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Sustainability is a complex and multifaceted concept that comprises environmental, economic, social, and cultural dimensions. Growing consumer concerns over the impacts of global meat production and consumption have led to increasing interest in sustainability initiatives and the use of sustainability labels. Yet, an understanding of what sustainability means to consumers in the context of meat and how consumers relate production-related credence attributes of chicken meat to sustainability remains limited. Between September 2019 and January 2020, an exploratory research study was conducted using a multi-method approach. Participants completed an online survey before participating in a series of eye-tracking choice tasks followed by in-depth interviews. The study revealed that the environmental dimension of sustainability is most important to consumers’ definition of a “sustainable food system”. Likewise, the sustainability of chicken meat products was most commonly associated with the perceived environmental impact of chicken meat production, followed by animal welfare aspects. Consumers made incorrect inferences about some sustainability labels and these inferences sometimes contributed to positive associations with sustainability. Consumers frequently associated a higher price with higher sustainability, indicating a belief that “doing the right thing” might cost more. This study provides new insights regarding consumers’ perceptions of production-related credence attributes and sustainability labels.

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Use and understanding of labelling information when preparing infant formula: Evidence from interviews and eye tracking

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Assessing Knowledge and Use Practices of Plastic Food Packaging among Young Adults in South Africa: Concerns about Chemicals and Health

Assessing Knowledge and Use Practices of Plastic Food Packaging among Young Adults in South Africa: Concerns about Chemicals and Health

Sustainable Meat: Looking through the Eyes of Australian Consumers

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