A REVIEW ON MARKETED UNHEALTHY FOOD PRODUCTS AND BEVERAGES

Industrial Concentration in the Iranian Food Products and Beverages Industries

Food, fizzy, and football: promoting unhealthy food and beverages through sport - a New Zealand case study

BACKGROUND High participation rates in sport and increasing recognition of how diet benefits athletic performance suggest sports settings may be ideal locations for promoting healthy eating. While research has demonstrated the effect of tobacco and alcohol sponsorship on consumption, particularly among youth, few studies have examined the extent or impact of food and beverage company sponsorshi...

Manufacturing Firm Size Distribution in Iran Evidence from Food & Beverages and Non-Metallic Mineral Products

Empirical studies have shown that the size distribution of firms can be described as a lognormal or Pareto distribution. However, these studies have focused on developed countries and little attention has been devoted to developing countries. Using the variable of number of employees as a measure of firm size, this paper investigates the shape of firm size distribution in the food & beverages i...

Maltodextrin As Fat Replacer in Food Products: A Review

Partial hydrolysis of starch yields a product called maltodextrin, which has a dextrose equivalent of less than 20. Maltodextrin with a dextrose equivalent of less than 10 is used as a fat replacer in various products. Industries are constantly developing low-fat products or reducing the fat content of products as much as possible according to the wishes and tastes of consumers so that the calo...

industrial concentration in the iranian food products and beverages industries

the paper examines industrial concentration in iranian food products and beverages industries using firm level data aggregated to the 4-digit isic industry level between 2002 and 2004. based on different concentration indices the average level of concentration has increased slightly for the period of study. the empirical results show that increase in the level of concentration is more likely in...