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Food Quality and Consumer Value

Delivering Food that Satisfies

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  • © 2003

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Authors:
  1. Monika J. A. Schröder

    1. Faculty of Business and Arts, Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, UK

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  • Food choice is the very prototype of a routinised behaviour, but at the same time, potentially highly involving. This volume takes an interdisciplinary approach in order to offer a comprehensive treatment of food quality theory and practice

  • The book approaches food quality from both the technical and the consumer satisfaction perspective, and assesses management and regulatory tools in delivering food quality to all

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XVI
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  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Monika J. A. Schröder
      Pages 1-6

  3. Defining Quality, Value, Food and the Consumer

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-11
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    2. Quality and Value

      • Monika J. A. Schröder
      Pages 13-39

    3. An Exploration of Food, Food Quality and Food Qualities

      • Monika J. A. Schröder
      Pages 41-52

    4. Theoretical Perspectives on Consumer Behaviour and Food Choice

      • Monika J. A. Schröder
      Pages 53-86

  4. Food Quality Attributes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 95-100
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    2. Food Composition

      • Monika J. A. Schröder
      Pages 101-136

    3. Origins and Nature of Sensory and other Performance Attributes in Foods

      • Monika J. A. Schröder
      Pages 137-165

    4. Food Additives, Functional Food Ingredients and Food Contaminants

      • Monika J. A. Schröder
      Pages 167-196

  5. Understanding the Food Consumer

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 209-214
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    2. Homeostatic and Psychological Bases of Eating and Drinking

      • Monika J. A. Schröder
      Pages 215-247

    3. The Food Consumer in Society

      • Monika J. A. Schröder
      Pages 249-272

    4. “Good” and “Bad” Foods

      • Monika J. A. Schröder
      Pages 273-292

  6. Conclusion

    1. Conclusion

      • Monika J. A. Schröder
      Pages 301-305

  7. Back Matter

    Pages 307-330
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About this book

Consumer markets for foods and beverages in developed countries are well supplied and highly fragmented. Yet, the question being asked is how close retailers actually come to fulfilling their customers' requirements. The concept of consumer value is one of the main pillars underpinning the theory of market differentiation. This book takes an interdisciplinary approach to the analysis of satisfaction in relation to the consumption of food, with both food science and consumer science playing central parts. It approaches food quality from both the technical and the consumer satisfaction perspectives, and assesses the roles of management and regulatory tools in delivering food quality for all. Each area is discussed in detail, using the appropriate technical terminology, but keeping the text accessible to readers from both academic traditions, as well as to non-specialist readers.

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"This book might lead to a better understanding of what is important about foods and of what motivates food choice. The book is of special interest for those who have been frustrated with the polarity of the debate about what is good and bad in food. … Furthermore, it is a valuable resource for those involved in the communication, teaching and researching of food issues, of consumer and marketing issues, and to students in each of these areas." (AFS – Advances in Food Science, Vol. 25 (2), 2003)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Faculty of Business and Arts, Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, UK

    Monika J. A. Schröder

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Food Quality and Consumer Value

  • Book Subtitle: Delivering Food that Satisfies

  • Authors: Monika J. A. Schröder

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-07283-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-43914-1Published: 16 January 2003

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-07870-5Published: 15 December 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-662-07283-7Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVI, 330

  • Topics: Food Science, Popular Science, general, Nutrition, Marketing, Agriculture, Behavioral Sciences

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