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The impact of beverage vessel and sugar related-knowledge on single-serve beverages purchase intention in convenience stores
Published in Siska Noviaristanti, Contemporary Research on Management and Business, 2023
Big volume sizes for beverages have been suggested as a possible contributor to the rise in obesity prevalence. Foods with a higher calorie density tend to be displayed with smaller serving sizes (van der Horst et al. 2019). When a caloric beverage is consumed with a meal, food intake is not reduced and energy from the beverage adds to energy from the food, resulting in a significant increase in total energy consumed from a meal (Flood et al. 2006). Consumers have become increasingly health-conscious and aware of labels placed on the front-of-pack of food and beverage products (Pereira 2020). Research confirms that obesity, heart disease, diabetes, and various malignancies have all been linked to the added sugars consumption (Corliss 2014). Consumers’ perceptions of healthiness have risen as a result of nutritional labeling in the form of health claims, which leads to an increase in consumer purchase intention (Lähteenmäki 2013). A “no sugar” label on sugary beverages serves as a health warning, which is one of the key reasons for the rise in consumer sales of no sugar beverages.
Design and Health Considerations
Published in Traci Rose Rider, Margaret van Bakergem, Building for Well-Being, 2021
Traci Rose Rider, Margaret van Bakergem
It goes without saying that having a well-balanced, nutritious diet can improve health. A healthy diet is one that helps people attain and maintain a healthy weight, promotes health, and prevents diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, and cancer. While it is common knowledge that federal dietary guidelines emphasize consumption of nutrient-dense foods like vegetables, fruits, whole grains, low-fat milk, lean meats and more, diets in the United States are far from optimal.54 Sugar, fat, and salt – the three pillars of processed food – dominate the American diet and can be found in 60,000 products in supermarkets. Reviewing added sugar intake as an example, on average, Americans consume 22 teaspoons – or 60 grams – per day.55 To put that in context, a 20 oz soda has 15 teaspoons of sugar; and perhaps unsurprisingly, the American Heart Association suggests a limit of five teaspoons of added sugar for women and nine for men. Any excess beyond those recommendations gets stored as fat.
Dehydrated fruits and vegetables using low temperature drying technologies and their application in functional beverages: a review
Published in Drying Technology, 2023
Yiwen Huang, Min Zhang, Arun S. Mujumdar, Zhenjiang Luo, Zhongxiang Fang
Excessive consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is a significant inducement to the risk of obesity and chronic health diseases such as diabetes, tooth decay, periodontal disease and cardiovascular disease.[127] Natural sugars, such as those from fruits and honeys, have fewer negative impacts on health and may serve as an alternative for artificial sweeteners in the functional beverages in which added sugars are required to block unpleasant tastes of functional ingredients for a better taste.[3]