KMID : 0381020100430020181
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Korean Journal of Nutrition 2010 Volume.43 No. 2 p.181 ~ p.188
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A Survey on Customers¡¯ Perceptions of Nutrition Labeling for Processed Food and Restaurant Meal
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Kwon Kwang-Il
Yoon Sung-Won Kim So-Jin Kang Ha-Ni Kim Hae-Na Kim Jee-Young Kim Seo-Young Kim Kil-Lye Lee Jun-Hyung Jung Sun-Mi Ock So-Won Lee Eun-Ju Kim Jong-Wook Kim Myung-Chul Park Hye-Kyung
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Abstract
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Consumer perception of processed food and restaurant food¡¯s nutrient labelling was surveyed. The subjects of this survey consisted of 1,507 parents, whose ages were 20-59 years old. The ratio of the respondents that have known nutrition labelling on processed foods was 89.8% and the ratio of whom have checked the nutrition labelling at their point of purchase was 72.3%. The nutrients which were considered important for nutrition labelling were fat (57.1%), calorie (56.3%) and sodium (49.0%). Also nutrient which were able to be recognized at a glance by the subjects were in the order of trans fat (62.1%), cholesterol (26.9%), calorie (23.9%) and sodium (21.0%). If restaurant menu¡¯s nutrient labelling be enacted, the answer rate that the menu¡¯s nutrition labelling may affect their menu choice is 90.6% of the respondents. Besides of the Fastfoods that are enforcement, restaurants of that customers want the menu to be labeled were ¡¯pizza and chicken restaurants¡¯. Nutrients that customers preferred to be labelled were calorie (62.0%), fat (60.3%) and sodium (50.9%).
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KEYWORD
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nutrition labeling, consumer, perception, food service industries
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