Consumers acceptance of new food ingredients from the food industry's by-products-a focus group study.

ABSTRACT: Food industry by-products can be valorized by extracting various nutritional components, like proteins, dietary fiber or other bioactive compounds, depending on the type of by-products. By adding these to new or already existing food products, the consumers' health and wellbeing may increase due to a more nutritional diet while at the same time increasing the sustainability of the food chain. However, for a successful market implementation of products containing ingredients from by-products, the consumer perception and consumer acceptance are one of the most important aspects that need to be considered. Therefore, focus group studies were organized in four European countries, namely Italy, Germany, Romania and Norway, to investigate the perception, acceptance and willingness of the general

SUBMITTER: Scheibenzuber S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11961439 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature