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Contemporary Food Issues

THIS UNIT OF THE COURSE CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING:

Factors affecting food choice

Contemporary food issues affecting consumer food choice

Technological developments affecting consumer food choice

Organisations that protect the interests of consumers

Food labelling and the consumer

Influences on Food Intake

Factors affecting food choice

- Budget
- Lifestyle
- Advertising and media
- Nutritional knowledge
- Health
- Allergies
- Environmental and ethical factors
- Food labelling

Budget and Lifestyles

Marketing, Advertising and Peer Pressure

Nutritional Knowledge, Health and Food Preparation Skills

Allergens and Allergen Labelling

contemporary food issues affecting consumer food choice

- Food miles
- Seasonality
- Sustainability
- Organic produce
- Fairtrade
- Packaging
- Recycling and pollution
- Factory farming
- Farmers’ markets
- Allotments
- Genetic modification

Sustainability, Food Miles and Seasonality

Organic Foods

Fairtrade

Recycling and Packaging

Food Waste

Antibiotics and Meat Production

Genetically Modified Food

technological developments affecting consumer food choice

- Food additives (emulsifiers, preservatives, colourings, flavourings, antioxidants
- Chilling and cook-chill products
- Ultra heat treated (UHT) products
- Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP)
- Functional foods
- Developments to meet dietary needs (sweeteners, alternative proteins)

HFT Food Preservation

HFT Tin Can Cook

organisations that protect the interests of consumers

- Trading Standards Department
- Consumers’ Association - Which?
- Citizens Advice Bureau
- Environmental Health Department
- Food Standards Scotland
- Advertising Standards Authority (ASA)

The EHO

Consumers’ Association, Citizens Advice and the Advertising Standards Authority

food labelling and the consumer

- Statutory food labelling
- Voluntary food labelling
- Allergens and Natasha’s Law

Food Labelling and Claims

HFT Reading a Food Label

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