Balzan Stefania, Fasolato Luca, Cardazzo Barbara, Penon Cristiana, Novelli Enrico
Department of Comparative Biomedicine and Food Science, University of Padua, Legnaro (PD), Italy.
Hygiene of Food of Animal Origin Service, Local Health Unit 8 Berica, Vicenza, Italy.
Ital J Food Saf. 2017 Feb 9;6(1):6183. doi: 10.4081/ijfs.2017.6183. eCollection 2017 Jan 24.
Food packaging frequently reports the terms or similar. Often these indications induce consumers to purchase those products that are considered healthier and fresher. The overall goal of this study was to assess what teen consumers perceive to be genuine and natural foods. A questionnaire was distributed to the students of some high schools (lyceum, technical and professional institutes). It was completed by 349 females and 314 males, with an average age of 17.6 years. Respondents are quite interested in the information on recipes, diet, beauty and food safety; websites were important information retrieval tools. Genuine food is defined mainly as fruits and vegetables, home-made and salubrious, with less or without fat and that is good for health. Meanwhile, natural is demarcated primarily by the absence of additives and manipulation or treatments (negative impact). Also fruits and vegetables and organic production are associated to natural. The existence of a natural food preference is well described and the presence on food label may cause a wrong perception of healthfulness.
食品包装上经常会出现这样或类似的表述。通常这些标识会促使消费者购买那些被认为更健康、更新鲜的产品。本研究的总体目标是评估青少年消费者对真正天然食品的认知。一份问卷被分发给了一些高中（文理中学、技术和职业院校）的学生。349名女生和314名男生完成了问卷，平均年龄为17.6岁。受访者对食谱、饮食、美容和食品安全方面的信息相当感兴趣；网站是重要的信息检索工具。真正的食品主要被定义为水果、蔬菜、自制且有益健康的，脂肪含量少或不含脂肪且对健康有益。与此同时，天然食品主要通过不含添加剂以及未经过加工或处理（负面影响）来界定。水果、蔬菜以及有机生产也与天然相关。天然食品偏好的存在得到了很好的描述，食品标签上的此类标识可能会导致对健康程度的错误认知。
