29 pages., Findings of a survey among consumers indicated that consumers recognize different kinds of functional foods, are willing to pay a premium for their purchase, and perceive possible health value. However, they appeared anxious about the health benefits these foods communicate in their labels.
Byrnes, Francis C. (author / Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, cali, Columbia, S.A.) and Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical, cali, Columbia, S.A.
Format:
Journal article
Publication Date:
1973
Published:
International
Location:
Agricultural Communications Documentation Center, Funk Library, University of Illinois Box: 46 Document Number: B05606
Notes:
Francis C. Byrnes Collection, From Potentials of Field Beans and Other Food Legumes in Latin Americ, Series Seminars No. 2E, Cali, Colombia, ,February 26 - March 1, 1973. 115-119.
Robert D. Stuart, Jr., president of Quaker Oats Company, testifies that over a seven-year period his company spent $15 million to advertise the nutritional value of Life cereal. "In the end, we found that this message was getting across to only 9% of consumers. Most people were eating it, not because of nutrition, but because they liked it." "It must be understood - unless we simply want to talk to ourselves - that the most nutritious product in the world does no one any good until it is consumed."
