Stolz, Hanna; Jahrl, Ingrid; Baumgart, Lukas and Schneider, Flurina (2010) Sensory Experiences and Expectations of Organic Food. Results of Focus Group Discussions. Research Institute of Organic Agriculture (FiBL), CH-Frick and D-Frankfurt .
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This executive summary describes the main objectives and findings from a qualitative survey on consumers’ sensory experiences, expectations and preferences with respect to organic food. The survey was conducted in the frame of the European Commission funded project ECROPOLIS in 2009 in Germany (DE), France (FR), Italy (IT), Netherlands (NL), Poland (PL) and Switzerland (CH). The objectives of this research were to explore:
- the range of experiences, expectations and preferences for specific sensory properties of organic food.
- words that are used by consumers to differentiate the taste of organic products amongst themselves and compared to conventional ones.
- symbolic’ meanings and images which participants relate to sensory characteristics of organic food.
- consumers’ sensory expectations and preferences related to the variability and standardisation of organic food.
- consumers’ experiences to marketing of sensory characteristics of organic food.
- possible differences in consumers’ sensory expectations and preferences between the participating countries.
| EPrint Type: | Report |
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| Keywords: | ECROPOLIS, organic taste, Konsumentenstudien, Konsumentenforschung, Produktverkostung, Sozioökonomie |
| Agrovoc keywords: | Language Value URI English experience capitalization http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_3ad76109 |
| Subjects: | Food systems > Food security, food quality and human health Values, standards and certification > Consumer issues |
| Research affiliation: | Switzerland > FiBL - Research Institute of Organic Agriculture Switzerland > Society > Rural sociology European Union > ECROPOLIS |
| Horizon Europe or H2020 Grant Agreement Number: | 218477-2 |
| Related Links: | http://www.ecropolis.eu/ |
| Deposited By: | Stolz, Dr. Hanna |
| ID Code: | 20233 |
| Deposited On: | 27 Mar 2013 12:26 |
| Last Modified: | 10 Nov 2021 13:55 |
| Document Language: | English |
| Status: | Unpublished |
| Refereed: | Not peer-reviewed |
| Additional Publishing Information: | Comparative report from qualitative consumer research Deliverable 4.2 EU Project ECROPOLIS – Contract No. 218477-2 (FP 7) |
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