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A Study on the Recognition of Organic Food of Housewives in Seoul Area  

NamKung, Sok (Major in Health Industry Distribution, School of Medical Industry, Eulji University)
Lee, Jeong-Youn (Major in Food & Nutrition, School of Food Sciences, Eulji University)
Kim, Kyu-Dong (Major in Health Industry Distribution, School of Medical Industry, Eulji University)
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Food Science and Preservation / v.14, no.6, 2007 , pp. 676-680 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conduced to get consumers to use the organic food soundly and to provide useful information to researchers of organic food by investigating the consumers' recognition of organic food. The subjects of this study were the 364 housewives in Seoul area, over the age of 20. The result of this study showed that the respondents' awareness of organic food was average 3.40. And respondents recognized that organic food is healthy(4.05), expensive(3.92), had no chemical fertilizer(3.83), and clean(3.79), in order. The study also showed that only 58.8% of the respondents said that they trust organic food and the major reasons for distrust in organic foods are: it's too expensive(3.90), is no different than non-organic food(3.74), and had unfavorable reports in the media(3.36).
Keywords
organic food; awareness; recognition; trust/distrust in organic food;
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