Packaging of industrialized food products must contain diverse information such as ingredients, nutritional composition, and preservation and preparation instruction to help the consumer make suitable choices. Thirty consumers were interviewed at time of purchase in two retail supermarkets. A ten-question survey was used to evaluate consumers behavior related to labels and their perception on different aspects ...
Continuous and intermittent frying processes cause physical and chemical changes in oil, affecting the nutritional and sensory quality of fried food, which may cause damage to consumers' health. This study aimed to analyze the quality of frying oil in seven tents of free markets located in São Caetano do Sul. The oil quality was monitored twice, at the start and at closing times of the street markets, showing c...