Evaluation of traditional foods from a consumer's perspective: a review of methods and highlights
ISSN: 0007-070X
Article publication date: 14 June 2021
Issue publication date: 2 November 2021
Abstract
Purpose
This review aims to summarize some of the relevant methodologies used to study traditional foods evaluated from the consumers' perspective. The analysis provided in this review will shed light on the methods as a valuable tool to stimulate research in traditional to promote cultural and nutritional revaluation of these products.
Design/methodology/approach
A systematic literature review was performed on 60 articles related to the study of traditional foods from the consumer's perspective.
Findings
Ten methodologies were found that address the study of this product category. European countries lead the research in traditional foods while research in Latin America, Africa and Asia is still incipient.
Practical implications
This review shows the potential of each method to be applied in the study of traditional foods as well as the positive implications that research about these products could bring to regions/countries with a great diversity of traditional products.
Originality/value
This review reveals the need to approach the study of traditional foods and encourage future research on them, which in turn, will contribute to the cultural and integral development of local communities, even to the recovery of ingredients and local raw materials.
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Acknowledgements
The authors would like to thank to FORDECYT project 296368, CIAD6029610403 for the scholarship granted to Sergio Erick García-Barrón as associated researcher in the Centro de Investigación y Desarrollo en Agriobiotecnología Alimentaria (CIDEA).
Citation
García-Barrón, S.E., Leyva-Trinidad, D.A., Carmona-Escutia, R.P., Romero-Medina, A. and Villanueva-Rodríguez, S.J. (2021), "Evaluation of traditional foods from a consumer's perspective: a review of methods and highlights", British Food Journal, Vol. 123 No. 12, pp. 4451-4465. https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-12-2020-1090
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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