Nowadays, many food companies are creating some kind of health halo effect with the FOP (front on package) information on their product packaging. The halo effect/mistake, known as the first effect in social psychology, is the instant impression you get when you first see an object or person, and it is the basis of how we evaluate and assess that person or object. For example, in addition to ingredients information that appears on the FOP such as low-fat, no-salt, low-calorie, gluten-free, high-protein, high-fiber, GMO-free information is also provided about the production process used to produce the product, such as organic, natural, unadulterated, “super food”, “fair trade”. Unfortunately, consumer preferences are being manipulated through health halo effect. With the exception of foods that are sold for special diseases such as celiac, or phenylketonuria diseases, or for lactose-free, salt-free, etc products "plain packaging" would be recommended to disable mental short cuts that create health halo effect.
Primary Language | Turkish |
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Subjects | Food Engineering |
Journal Section | Articles |
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Publication Date | June 15, 2020 |
Published in Issue | Year 2020 |