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Preliminary Analysis of Voluntary Information on Organic Milk Labels in Four European Union Countries

  • The concern for the environment among European consumers is growing and in the future the need for sustainable shopping is expected to increase. Through transparent on-packaging communication with consumers, organic producers have the opportunity to show attributes of organic production system and build a strong market position. The aim of the study was to analyse voluntary packaging information on organic milk from four European markets in the context of organic food quality, i.e., Germany, the Netherlands, Italy and Poland. More specifically, the textual content of 106 organic milk packages was analysed and voluntary information on each package was categorized according to process- and product-related organic milk attributes. The assortment and content of voluntary packaging information varied across the four countries. The largest number of products was found on the German market (37) and the smallest on the Polish market (14). Dutch milk had the greatest amount of voluntary information on animal welfare, product locality, environmental protection, quality confirmation, naturalness and nutritional value. German milk had the most information on enjoyment and conditions of processing, while the Italian milk on the social perspective. The products available on the Polish market had the least voluntary information. Pasteurized organic milk had noticeably more information about organic quality attributes than micro filtrated and UHT milk.
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Author:Karolina Wos, Lisa Marie BorghoffORCiD, Andrijana Horvat, Flavio Paoletti, Eleonora Saggia Civitelli, Ewa Rembiałkowska
URN:urn:nbn:de:hbz:836-opus-156981
DOI:https://doi.org/10.25974/fhms-15698
DOI of original publication:https://doi/org/10.3390/su142416901
Parent Title (English):Sustainability
Publisher:MDPI
Editor:Jacopo Bacenetti
Document Type:Article
Language:English
Date of Publication (online):2022/12/16
Year of first Publication:2022
Provider of the Publication Server:FH Münster - University of Applied Sciences
Release Date:2023/02/09
Tag:content analysis; milk package; optional; organic; value
First Page:1
Last Page:18
Faculties:Oecotrophologie · Facility Management (OEF)
open_access (DINI-Set):open_access
Publication list:Borghoff, Lisa Marie
Licence (German):License LogoCreative Commons - Namensnennung (CC BY 4.0)