THE COMPETITIVENESS OF FUNCTIONAL FOOD PRODUCTION

Raising people's awareness about taking care of their health and development of the food industry, medicine, and those branches of science that deal with the relationship between nutrition and health has led to the popularization of the foods for which special health effects are proven. Functi...

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Main Authors: Nataša Vukelić, Jasmina Živković, Đorđe Okanović
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Language:English
Published: Naučno društvo agrarnih ekonomista Balkana, Beograd; Institut za ekonomiku poljoprivrede, Beograd i Akademija ekonomskih nauka, Bukurešt 2013-09-01
Series:Ekonomika Poljoprivrede (1979)
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Online Access:https://www.ea.bg.ac.rs/index.php/EA/article/view/455
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author Nataša Vukelić
Jasmina Živković
Đorđe Okanović
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description Raising people's awareness about taking care of their health and development of the food industry, medicine, and those branches of science that deal with the relationship between nutrition and health has led to the popularization of the foods for which special health effects are proven. Functional foods are foods whose longer consumption can have preventive or therapeutic effects on different aspects of human health. It can be conventional with bioactive components, or "strengthened" so the risk of certain illness can be reduced. Despite increasing number of researches about functional food, there is a lack of information about psychosocial factors which influence on consumers attitudes regarding functional food. Most research related to functional food is concentrated on its possible health effects, while relatively little is known about consumers' reaction to it. The aim of this work is to assess interest of consumers for buying functional food, according to obtained consumers attitudes. The survey has been conducted in area of Vojvodina, in cities such as Novi Sad, Subotica, Zrenjanin, Vršac, Ruma and Inđija, in the period from August 15th till September 10th, 2012. The example included 400 respondents, who were questioned with previously prepared questionnaires, mainly in supermarkets, where consumers can buy functional foods. Obtained results were analyzed in program package software SPSS 19 with use of descriptive statistics. According to the obtain results, it can be concluded that is necessary to further inform consumers about functional food and its benefits in regard to conventional food. Also, it is necessary to define market of functional food in Serbia, adopt certain regulations which can be helpful for increasing of consumers confidence about functional food and make larger consumption of this kind of food, which can result in better health condition of the nation.
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spelling doaj.art-54bba5b7c20b4cd6ad937a96b3dfe6bc2023-05-17T16:58:56ZengNaučno društvo agrarnih ekonomista Balkana, Beograd; Institut za ekonomiku poljoprivrede, Beograd i Akademija ekonomskih nauka, BukureštEkonomika Poljoprivrede (1979)0352-34622334-84532013-09-01603THE COMPETITIVENESS OF FUNCTIONAL FOOD PRODUCTIONNataša Vukelić0Jasmina Živković1Đorđe Okanović2University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, Novi SadUniversity of Novi Sad, Institute of food technologies, Novi SadUniversity of Novi Sad Raising people's awareness about taking care of their health and development of the food industry, medicine, and those branches of science that deal with the relationship between nutrition and health has led to the popularization of the foods for which special health effects are proven. Functional foods are foods whose longer consumption can have preventive or therapeutic effects on different aspects of human health. It can be conventional with bioactive components, or "strengthened" so the risk of certain illness can be reduced. Despite increasing number of researches about functional food, there is a lack of information about psychosocial factors which influence on consumers attitudes regarding functional food. Most research related to functional food is concentrated on its possible health effects, while relatively little is known about consumers' reaction to it. The aim of this work is to assess interest of consumers for buying functional food, according to obtained consumers attitudes. The survey has been conducted in area of Vojvodina, in cities such as Novi Sad, Subotica, Zrenjanin, Vršac, Ruma and Inđija, in the period from August 15th till September 10th, 2012. The example included 400 respondents, who were questioned with previously prepared questionnaires, mainly in supermarkets, where consumers can buy functional foods. Obtained results were analyzed in program package software SPSS 19 with use of descriptive statistics. According to the obtain results, it can be concluded that is necessary to further inform consumers about functional food and its benefits in regard to conventional food. Also, it is necessary to define market of functional food in Serbia, adopt certain regulations which can be helpful for increasing of consumers confidence about functional food and make larger consumption of this kind of food, which can result in better health condition of the nation. https://www.ea.bg.ac.rs/index.php/EA/article/view/455functional food, consumers attitudes, Vojvodina.
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Ekonomika Poljoprivrede (1979)
functional food, consumers attitudes, Vojvodina.
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title_fullStr THE COMPETITIVENESS OF FUNCTIONAL FOOD PRODUCTION
title_full_unstemmed THE COMPETITIVENESS OF FUNCTIONAL FOOD PRODUCTION
title_short THE COMPETITIVENESS OF FUNCTIONAL FOOD PRODUCTION
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topic functional food, consumers attitudes, Vojvodina.
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