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| Tãnase, Elisabeta Elena; Popa, Vlad Ioan; Popa, Mona Elena; Geicu-Cristea, Mihaela; Popescu, Paul; Drãghici, Mihaela; Mitelut, Amalia Carmen. |
| Fresh fruit jointly to vegetables are an essential component of a healthy diet, able to decrease the risk of cardiovascular diseases and cancer. In the last years, their consumption has continued to grow rapidly linked to the increased public awareness of their health benefits, even if it remains below the recommended daily intake in many countries, due to barriers such as complacency and lack of willpower to change the diet. The attributes of berries, like chemical-physical and nutritional characteristics, microbial contamination, chemical contaminants as well as sensorial properties represent some very important quality parameters that must be determined in order to establish the quality of berries after ripening and during storage, until they reach... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: Food security; Food quality and human health. |
| Ano: 2016 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/30801/1/Mona%20Popa_Quality%20Parameters%202016%20Biotechnologies.pdf |
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| Popa, Mona Elena; Geicu-Cristea, Mihaela; Popa, Alexandra; Drãghici, Mihaela; Tãnase, Elisabeta Elena; Mitelut, Amalia Carmen; Iorga, Corneliu Sorin; Guillaume, Carole; Gontard, Nathalie; Guillard, Valérie; Gogu, Fahrettin; Yanik, Derya Kocak. |
| Berry-based products that have beneficial effects on consumer health are competitive on the market only if consumers understand the benefits of such products. The purpose of this research was to gain in-depth analysis of the factors that influence the consumer choices and behavior towards berry based food products in three different countries, from eastern and western Europe: Romania, France and Turkey. These three countries as a three distinctive markets for organic products were chosen to find out similar and different attitudes and behavior towards organic food consumption. This cross-cultural consumer study aims to contribute to socioeconomic research market actors and policy makers. French consumers appear to be the most loyal consumers of... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general; Countries and regions. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/32079/1/Popa%20et%20al.%202017%20Consumption%20and%20attitudes%20regarding%20berries-based%20products.pdf |
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| Tãnase, Elisabeta Elena; Baicu, Adina Alexandra; Popa, Vlad Ioan; Mitelut, Amalia Carmen; Drãghici, Mihaela; Stan, Andreea; Popescu, Paul; Popa, Mona Elena. |
| Climate changes and particularly global warming are topics carefully treated by specialists already since decades. The most pregnant factor that influences climate change is pollution, namely the high level carbon dioxide emissions. Besides other substances used by the most of the industries (oil, charcoal, fertilizers, etc.), plastics are not to be ignored when talking about pollution. Plastic waste affects animals and humans, as well as their habitat. In this respect, food industry engages in preserving the good functioning of the environment by developing and using biodegradable and bio-based resources for food packaging. The aim of this literature review was to identify the optimal sustainable packaging solution used for berries. The results of... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general Recycling; Balancing and resource management Processing; Packaging and transportation. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/32990/1/2017%20SUSTAINABLE%20PACKAGING%20SOLUTIONS%20FOR%20ORGANIC.pdf |
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| Popa, Mona Elena; Jurcoane, Alexandra; Tãnase, Elisabeta Elena; Mitelut, Amalia Carmen; Popescu, Paul; Popa, Vlad Ioan; Drãghici, Mihaela. |
| Data collected in recent years has shown an enormous growth in overall consumer health consciousness. Nowadays the food industry is facing a new profile of consumers, and these consumers are demanding healthier options. Packaging claims are considered to have an influence on consumer purchase decisions for food products. In our research we included 289 participants that answered to our questionnaire that have two parts. The first part of the questionnaire focuses on attributes like: price (7 Romanian leu - RON, 12 RON; 1 EUR = 4.59 RON, exchange rate on 30.08.2017), origin (Romania, European Union), drying method (microwave, sundried, air-dried), and nutritional claim (with or without nutritional claim) for a specific organic dried berries... |
| Tipo: Journal paper |
Palavras-chave: "Organics" in general Processing; Packaging and transportation Markets and trade Consumer issues. |
| Ano: 2017 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/32988/1/2017%20INFLUENCE%20OF%20DIFFERENT%20PRODUCT%20ATTRIBUTES.pdf |
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