Legislative Factors and Product Specifications in the Marketing of 'Light' Foodstuffs [chapter]

Angela Tarabella, Andrea Apicella, Carlo Ingrao
2019 Anthocyanins and Human Health: Biomolecular and therapeutic aspects  
In the second half of the twentieth century, a new paradigm in food consumption emerged, expressed in the quest for low-calorie foods, with the objective of meeting new aesthetic standards, but also countering the development of overweight-related diseases. The food industry has been able to grasp the consumers' current needs with the introduction of reduced-calorie foods that, unlike other categories of products, have been showing an increasing sales trend. In this paper, after analyzing the
more » ... ecifications, composition and production characteristics of low-calorie food products, we have attempted to clarify the effectiveness of said foods and the way the latter are perceived by consumers, in the light of the developments in the legislation regulating the marketing of reduced-calorie foods. Riassunto Nella seconda metà del XX secolo si è affermato un nuovo paradigma nei consumi alimentari che si esprime nella ricerca di beni a basso contenuto calorico sia per avvalorare i nuovi canoni estetici sia per contrastare la diffusione di malattie legate al sovrappeso. L'industria alimentare ha saputo cogliere questo nuovo bisogno dei consumatori con l'introduzione degli alimenti light che, a differenza di altre categorie di prodotti, registrano un trend crescente delle vendite.
doi:10.1007/978-3-319-23811-1_7 fatcat:2trf3q7wzrcl5c3s5bk2uzbtta