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CONSUMER DISCRIMINATION OF PORK COLOR AT THE MARKET PLACE
Author(s) -
WACHHOLZ D.,
KAUFFMAN R. G.,
HENDERSON D.,
LOCHNER J. V.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
journal of food science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.772
H-Index - 150
eISSN - 1750-3841
pISSN - 0022-1147
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1978.tb15257.x
Subject(s) - food science , business , quality (philosophy) , advertising , chemistry , epistemology , philosophy
Pork chops from 96 fresh loins representing PSE, normal and DFD quality were displayed in a supermarket. Price was not altered and equal numbers of the three quality types were presented in a manner disguising any evidence that a survey was in progress. A total of 280 packages were purchased. Over one‐half (146) of the purchases included packages of normal chops (P < 0.001), whereas the remaining purchases were divided between DFD (72) and PSE (62) packages. These findings suggest that some consumers may be aware of and may activiely select for ‘normal’ pork color, but that others are either unaware of the liminations of, or do actually prefer, PSE and DFD pork.