Preferences and Consumption of Dried Fruit and Dried Fruit Products Among Dutch, French and Polish Consumers
Year: 2008
Type: other
Abstract: As information concerning dried fruit and dried fruit products are hardly available, the recognition of consumers' preferences for dried fruit and products containing them in different contexts was undertaken. The data were collected in the form of questionnaire submitted via Internet to 1092 Dutch, French and Polish respondents. The results revealed that dried fruit as well as products with dried fruit are eaten rather occasionally, however, Polish respondents occurred to be more familiar with dried fruit than Dutch or French ones. The highest number of them (among all 3 investigated nationalities) declared that they eat dried fruit once a day or few times a week. Although 58.3% of Dutch respondents claimed that they never eat dried fruit, 8.6% admitted that they eat raisins once a day. Moreover, raisins occurred to be the most preferred fruit not only for Dutch but also for French and Polish respondents whereas breakfast cereals occurred to be one of the most preferable product among all 3 investigated nationalities. If it comes to the consumption context, Dutch and French respondents declared dried fruit consumption mainly in the morning, whereas Polish ones claim that they eat dried fruit in the afternoon and evening, in the form of a snack. French and Dutch respondents were rather undecided whether they eat dried fruit in the main meal or as a snack. All 3 nationalities strongly agreed with the statement that they eat dried fruit as well as products with them at home. Additionally, Polish consumers were very positive about statement that they eat dried fruit during TV watching.
Institution: Research Institute of Pomology and Floriculture
Language: English
Subfield: Nutrition and Dietetics
Field: Nursing
Domain: Health Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2066137066