Market Research on College Students' Acceptance of Prepared Dishes

With the accelerated pace of life and the demand for dietary diversification,more and more people begin to pay attention to the convenience and health of diet,and the prepared dishes market is getting more and more attention and favor because of its characteristics of convenient and quick.In order to understand the acceptance of college students' to the prepared dishes market,this paper aimed to collect college students' views and suggestions on the prepared dishes market by means of a questionnaire survey.By analyzing the results of the survey,we found that college students' generally have a positive attitude towards prepared dishes markets,and they believe that prepared dishes provides convenient,fast and diversified dietary choices.However,some college students' have some concerns about the quality and food safety of the prepared dishes market,such as adding too many food additives and preservatives.Through the research on college students' acceptance of the prepared dishes market,we can reveal the demand and potential problems of college students' for the prepared dishes market from the consumer s point of view,so as to provide a reference for the future development of the prepared dishes market.

Optimal physicochemical properties of dried litchis for Thai consumers

The litchi is a fruit essential for the economies of several Southeast Asian countries,but markets regularly reject it,mainly due to spoilage.Drying extends the shelf-life of litchis,but in Thailand the optimal characteristics of the dried product have not yet been determined.The purpose of this study was to determine the optimum physicochemical properties of dried litchis-those suitable for Thai consumers.The dried fruits were submitted to physicochemical measurement and consumer evaluation,with datasets subsequently integrated using circular ideal-point regression analysis.Response surface methodology was then used to predict the optimum physicochemical properties of the fruits.It was found that Thai consumer preferences with regard to dried litchis are for the fruits to be of golden-yellow color(L*ranging around 54;H ranging around 79°),to have a soft flesh(SMF ranging between 13 and 14 kN/100 g)and to have a sweet taste(TSS:TA ranging between 25 and 28).The results may be used in the future to prescribe pretreatments and drying conditions.