Background: Food waste occurs in all stages of the food supply chain, namely service sector. Understanding how much and why is wasted whether consumers are aware it essential to design effective interventions this setting. This case study aims compare perception by measure plate a Portuguese workplace canteen order recognize if trained can estimate his/her waste. Methods: Data were collected fr...

Pepino (Solanum muricatum Aiton), also known as melon-pear, is a vegetatively propagated vegetable crop grown for its juicy and aromatic fruit. Great variation in fruit weight, shape, and color can be found among cultivars of pepino (Anderson et al., 1996; Heiser, 1985). Despite being an important crop in Pre-Columbian times in the Andean region, it has not achieved the same relevance as other ...

If you are sharing a meal with a companion, how best to make sure you get your favourite fork-fulls? Ethiopian Dinner is a game in which two players take turns eating morsels from a common plate. Each morsel comes with a pair of utility values measuring its tastiness to the two players. Kohler and Chandrasekaran discovered a good strategy — a subgame perfect equilibrium, to be exact — for this ...

Bananas are cultivated in more than 120 countries and on the five continents in tropical and subtropical areas [7]. Bananas production is the fourth most significant of the world in terms of tonnage, after rice, wheat and maize. In 2013, world production was estimated at more than 106 million tons, of which 2 million produced in Caribbean [8]. However, only a small part is produced for commerci...

How important are visual cues for determining satiation? To find out, 64 participants were served lunch in a "dark" restaurant where they ate in complete darkness. Half the participants unknowingly received considerably larger "super-size" portions which subsequently led them to eat 36% more food. Despite this difference, participants' appetite for dessert and their subjective satiety were larg...

60 Ethyl carbamate is a natural by-product of fermentation and is found in many products, including wines. In 1985, a significant concentration of this human carcinogen was reported in certain Canadian-produced baked sherries and other dessert wines [17]. The U.S. wine industry has established a voluntary target for ethyl carbamate of 15 μg/L or less in table wines and 60 μg/L or less in fortif...