포스트바이오틱스(postbiotics)는 프로바이오틱스(probiotics)가 발효과정 중 생산하는 유용한 대사산물과 미생물의 구성성분을 포 함하는 개념이다. 포스트바이오틱스는 기존 프로바이오틱스 소재가 갖는 안전성(safety), 기능성(function), 안정성(stability)의 한계를 극복할 수 있는 새로운 대안 소재로 주목받고 있다. 사균화 처리과정으로, 특정 대사물질의 복합물 형태로 제조되고 있기에 기존 생균제보다 가공, 포장, 유통, 섭취가 용이하다. 면역력이 낮은 환자나 건강 취약 계층의 소비자들도 안전하게 섭취할 수 있는 것도 장점이다. 뿐만 아니라, 체내에서 면역 조절, 감염 방지, 지질 및 콜레스테롤 대사, 항산화 기능을 보이고 있어, 앞으로 건강기능 식품 우수 소재로 활용될 가능성은 더 커질 것이다. 다만, 대부분의 연구들이 아직은 세포실험과 동물시험인 단계이기에 실제 인체적용 시험을 마친 소재들은 적은 편이다. 향후 꾸준한 연구성과를 바탕으로 다양한 기능을 가진 포스트바이오틱스 소재와 제품들이 개발된다면 건강기능식품 산업에 새로운 성장동력이 될 것으로 예상 된다.

Food design is a new interdisciplinary subject. In the Netherlands, France, the United States and other countries, the academic research and practical application of food design have been developed. By contrast, research of Food Design in China is still in its infancy. Firstly, This paper summarizes the history of food design, secondly discusses the current category and three focuses of this discipline. Then draw a conclusion of the designer role, and finally predicts the development prospect of the subject to provide reference for academic research on Food Design.

This study aims at investigating the effects of internal control effectiveness on business survival of food businesses in Thailand through the mediators of productivity improvement and value creation. In this study, 155 food businesses in Thailand are the samples of the study. The results show that internal control effectiveness has a significant influence on productivity improvement and business survival. Productivity improvement critically affects value creation and business survival while value creation is an important determinant of business survival. However, internal control effectiveness has no relationship with value creation. Also, productivity improvement explicitly mediates the internal control effectiveness-business survival relationships. In summary, internal control effectiveness can enhance firms’ sustainable competitive advantage, superior performance and long-term survival. Firms need to focus on internal control effectiveness through investing their assets and resources and utilizing their abilities, competencies and capabilities in order to continuously develop and improve their appropriate concepts and characteristics in an organization. Better internal control effectiveness definitely leads to more long-term survival. To generalize the research results, future research needs to collect data from other businesses and industries. Increased response rate of the study is important for future research to verify and confirm the research results.

The study aims to estimate the effect of current ratio (CR), current liability to inventory (CLI), total asset turnover (TAT), net profit margin (NPM), sales growth (SG), and company size (FS) on profit growth (PG). The research population was 18 companies in the Food and Beverage (F&B) sector listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) from 2014-2018. The data estimation method uses the common effect panel data regression model. The empirical findings show that the CR and CLI ratios have a negative effect on PG, while the TAT, NPM, and SG ratios have a positive effect. Company size is a factor that does not affect the growth of company profits. The results of the study imply that an increase in company profits can be achieved if the company operates efficiently and with low liquidity to encourage higher sales growth. The limitations of the research are as follows: first, this research considers only one type of industry, hence the results of this study would not be the same if applied to another type of industry. Second, the author observes profit growth by using the company’s financial ratios and size and ignores other factors that may affect profit growth, for example, the number of employees, total net sales, and market capitalization.

The paper investigates the antecedents of Organic Food (OF) produce in Vietnam and the intentions and behavior of OF purchasers. A theoretical framework is developed and evaluated by simulation of the structural model. Data was collected from a convenient sample of 222 consumers from Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam. The selection included 159 (72%) women, who were identified as being the primary buyers of organic food for their family (73%). Findings suggest food hygiene issues and conscientious self-identity as the much beneficial determinants of organic production perceptions. Because of the results in this report, the consideration for food security has gained little research consideration throughout the field of organic produce. Food safety concerns are also related to academics exploring consumer confidence as they might be regarded as one of their aspects in selecting standard, natural or health food products. Findings suggest food security as one of the essential determinants of motivation, while health awareness purports to become the least significant motivation, contrary to observations from certain previous studies. However, it is observed that moral personality-identity influences both perceptions and willingness to buy organic food, stressing that the association of participants with ethical concerns influences their perceptions and eventual choices of consumption.

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of religiosity, knowledge and attitudes on consumer intention to consume halal food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical products in Indonesia. The data is collected from online questionnaires and the total data used for this study was obtained from a total of 684 respondents from 27 provinces in Indonesia. This study used a quantitative approach because the purpose of this study was to test hypotheses and the relationship between variables such as religiosity, knowledge, attitudes, and intentions to consume halal food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical products. The result of this study indicated that the relationship among religiosity, knowledge and attitudes positively influenced consumer intention to consume halal food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical products. The study also found that religiosity had more influence on consumer intentions to consume halal food than cosmetics and pharmaceuticals products. Meanwhile knowledge had more influence on consumer intention to consume halal pharmaceuticals than cosmetics and food products. In fact, attitude had a positive influence on intention to consume halal food and had a greater influence over it compared to consumption of cosmetics and pharmaceutical products. In addition, this study is one of the first attempts to determine the reason for differences in consumer intentions to consume halal food, cosmetics and pharmaceutical products in Indonesia.

Purpose: The ultimate purpose of this work is to investigate gender differences in the relationships between product quality cues and perceived values at a food select shop. Specifically, this study examines the effects of internal and external cues, which are indicators of product quality, on emotional and social values based on gender differences. Research design, data and methodology: In this study, a questionnaire technique was used to collect the data necessary to test the proposed model. 183 data were collected through this technique. PLS SEM (Partial Least Squares Structured Equation Model) was used to test the research model. Results: First, there is no gender difference between intrinsic cue and emotional value. When using male and female data, there was no significant causal relationship between intrinsic cues and emotional values. Second, we found no gender difference between intrinsic cue and social value. When analyzed with female data, there was no significant causal relationship between intrinsic cue and social value. On the other hand, in the case of men, it was found that a weak causal relationship exists. Third, this study found gender difference between extrinsic cue and emotional value. In the case of men, it was found that a weak causal relationship exists, whereas in the case of women, a strong causal relationship exists between extrinsic cue and emotional value. Fourth, we found gender difference between extrinsic cue and social value. In the case of men, there was no causal relationship, whereas in the case of women, there was a strong causal relationship between extrinsic cue and social value. Finally, we found that there are moderating roles of gender in the relationship between external cues and perceived quality. Conclusions: As a result of analysis, it is necessary to focus on extrinsic clues of product in order to increase the perceived emotional and social values of women. On the other hand, in order to improve the perceived emotional and social values of men, it is necessary to pay attention to both intrinsic and extrinsic cues of product. Therefore, it is necessary to consider what clues and values are important to core customers.

The aim of this research is to analyze the level of food insecurity of Inuit in the area of Nunavut territory in Canada. As a result, we were able to find out the following facts. First, nearly half of them felt hungry due to lack of food as of 2018. Second, the food situation was getting worse year by year. In the four years from 2014 to 2018, the growth rate of food insecurity households reached 22.0%. Third, proportion of children under 18 who lived in food insecure households reached 78.7%. Starving children had low self-esteem, suffered from depression and had a very high suicide rate. Fourth, most of Inuit’s food tables were filled with store-bought foods, rather than country foods. Fifth, the food sovereignty of Inuit community was seriously threatened with local capacity of self-sufficiency being low, market-dependent being high, and political exclusion from the policy decision being severe. Two things needed to be kept in mind in order to solve this Inuit’s food insecurity efficiently. First, in addition to environmental factors such as climate change, food issues are interconnected and affected by socioeconomic, cultural and policy factors. Second, policy intervention in the food issues should be centered on the Inuit party in accordance with human rights and food sovereignty perspectives.

In this study, thirty-eight lactic acid bacteria (LAB) strains were isolated from Kimchi (Korean traditional fermented food) and screened for probiotic characterization in a series of in vitro tests, including resistance to low pH, tolerance to bile salts, hydrophobicity, antibiotic resistance and antioxidant activity. Firstly, twenty-two strains displayed survival in acid and bile passage conditions. Secondly, the strains KCCP 11349 and KCCP 11356 were observed to have high cell surface hydrophobicity with 63.9 and 98.8 %, respectively. Functionality of these potential probiotic isolates was supported by their antioxidant activity. Altogether, the strain KCCP 11349 showed characteristics similar to or even better than reference strain Lactobacillus rhamnosus GG. Finally, 16S rRNA gene sequencing was conducted to identify potential probiotic strains and KCCP 11349 was identified as Lactobacillus plantarum subsp. plantarum.

Foodborne disease caused by pathogenic bacteria is one of main concerns in food industry. To supply safe food products, chemical and thermal intervention technologies have been widely applied in food industry, however these treatments have their own limitations. The concept of biopreservation has recently received increased attention in response to industrial and consumer demands. The biopreservation technologies mainly include bacteriocin, bacteriophage, bacteriophage-encoded enzymes, and endolysins. Among them, bacteriocins have been widely recognized as a main biopreservative and have also been most studied. Bacteriocins, mainly consisting of antibacterial peptides, may have bactericidal or bacteriostatic effect which could prolong the shelf-life as well as maintain safety of foods. This review article offers a brief research trend about bacteriocins, focusing on microbial food safety. The antimicrobial mechanism of bacteriocins has been discussed and some efforts to inactivate foodborne pathogens have been analyzed in this review article. The challenges facing the application of bacteriocins have also been evaluated. Thus, this review will provide insights for researchers working in bacteriocin as well as industry personnel looking for a new method for fighting foodborne pathogens.

전라북도는 미곡 생산량 기준 전국 약 374만 여 톤 중 60만 톤을 생산하며 전국 3위에 속해 있으며 전국 대비 많은 양을 생산하고 있다. 이에 전라북도는 쌀을 포함한 식량작물을 가공하여 상품화하기 위해 전라북도 지자체에서 사업을 추진하여 노력하고 있으며 이에 판매 및 마케팅을 위한 포장 디자인의 중요성이 강조되고 있다. 이에 본 연구는 농업경영인 38명을 모집하여 포장 디자인 의식을 조사 분석하고 식량작물 상품 135개(한과63개, 누룽지72개) 샘플을 추출하여 군집분석을 통해 현황 분석을 실시하였다. 농업인 의식 결과 상품 개발 시 상품 및 목표 고객에 대한 관심이 높으며 포장 디자인의 필요성이 92.1%로 높았다. 최근 포장 디자인 제작은 자비 비율이 68.2%였으며, 현재 포장 디자인의 만족도(5점)는 3.32점으로 낮았고 만족하는 비율이 38.4% 수준이었다. 포장 디자인 특성의 중요도 및 만족도의 차이가 5점 기준으로 1점 이상 차이가 생기는 것으로 보아 중요성은 충분히 감지하고 있으나 현실적으로 실행하지 못하는 것으로 분석되었다. 상품 현황 분석 결과 한과 샘플은 8개의 그룹으로 분류되었고 누룽지 샘플은 12개의 그룹으로 분류되었다. 종합적으로 농업인의 포장 디자인 중요성 및 관심도는 높으나 전문가 부족, 비용 부담 등으로 애로사항을 겪고 있고 포장 디자인 현황은 대부분 종이류 및 플라스틱 비닐을 활용하고 있으며 일관성 없는 컬러로 상품 차별화가 어려운 것으로 나타났다. 이에 본 연구는 디자인 원스톱 교육, 수준별 교육, 현장 교육 확대, 전문 멘토제, 그룹 스토리 미팅 등을 개선방안으로 제안하여 농업인 역량을 강화하여 의식 수준을 높이고 경쟁력 있는 식량작물 상품화 개발에 기여하고자 한다.

This study aims to measure the relationship between corporate social responsibility (CSR) and affective commitment (ACO), normative commitment (NCO), and organizational performance in food processing enterprises (FPEs) in the Mekong River Delta, Vietnam. To test the initial model proposed in this paper, a total of 422 owners, directors and managers of FPEs were interviewed from some provinces in the Mekong River Delta. The method of exploratory factor analysis (EFA) is initially employed, then confirmatory factor analysis (CFA) and structure equation modelling (SEM) are used. The results of SEM showed that higher affective commitment was correlated with normative commitment. The results showed that four aspects of CSR toward employees, customers, environment and legal are significant factors. As a result, ACO and NCO act as mediators between CSR and organizational performance. This finding provides strong evidence of the important role of CSR to support positive impacts on ACO, NCO, and orgazational performance (OP). In addition, the success of the organizational performance is also found by contributions of CSR and NCO to its changes. Although ACO does not directly affect performance, it has a positive effect on the NCO. Therefore, it is necessary to enhance the implementation of CSR to promote implementation of organizational commitments.

The purpose of this study is to examine the predictive effects of intuition, business analytic, networking capabilities on innovation performance. The data was collected using a cross-sectional quantitative survey. A total of 292 useable responses were collected from Thai Processed Food Exporters (TPFE). The findings also indicated that the hypothesized relationships between the independent and dependent variables fit the empirical data. Specifically, it is revealed that strategic intuition, business analytic capabilities, networkbased capabilities and dynamic capabilities had a direct effect on dynamic strategy. They also had statistically significant direct and indirect effects on dynamic performance. Based on the results of the correlation test, the researchers developed a dynamic capability model for the development of the dynamic performance of the operators, which included concepts, principles, methods, tools and guidelines. Furthermore, the impacts of intuition, business analytic, networking capabilities on dynamic strategy are also examined in this study. It makes a considerable contribution to the existing literature on dynamic strategy of TPFE, particularly in regards to explaining the performance.

규조토는 규조 껍질로 구성된 규질 다공성 퇴적암으로서 여과보조재, 충전재, 흡착재, 연마재 등의 다양한 용도로 사용된다. 규조토의 특성 개선을 위해 열처리하게 되면, 비정질 실리카인 단백석 이 크리스토발라이트로 상전이하여 규조토에 함유된다. 해외 규조토 17개 시료에 대하여 X-선회절분 석과 주사전자현미경 분석을 실시한 결과, 1개 시료에는 크리스토발라이트가 함유되어 있지 않으나, 나머지 16개 시료에는 크리스토발라이트가 다양한 정도(6~100 %)로 함유되어 있었다. 공기 중 일정 농도 이상의 크리스토발라이트는 인체유해물질로 관리되나, 식품 중 크리스토발라이트의 유해성은 낮 은 것으로 알려져 있다. 그러나 식품 품질 관리를 위해서 액상 여과식품 내 크리스토발라이트 함량 측 정 필요성이 제기되어, 분석법을 수립하고 몇몇 식품을 대상으로 분석을 실시하였다. 은여과지로 여과 한 크리스토발라이트에 X-선회절분석을 실시하고, 강도를 보정하여 검량선을 작성한 결과, 2.7 mg까 지 미량 정량이 가능한 것으로 평가되었다. 이 방법으로 몇몇 유통 액상여과식품의 잔류 크리스토발 라이트 함량을 측정하였으나 검출되지 않았다.

This study examines the dynamic linkages between food price inflation and its volatility in the context of Sri Lanka. The empirical evidence derived from the monthly data for the period from 2003M1 to 2017M12 for Sri Lanka. The relationship between inflation rate and inflation volatility has attracted more attention by theoretical and empirical macroeconomists. Empirical studies on the relationship between food inflation and food inflation variability is scarce in the literature. Food price inflation is defined as log difference of food price series. The volatility of a food price inflation is measured by conditional variance generated by the FIGARCH model. Preliminary analysis showed that food inflation is stationary series. Granger causality test reveals that food inflation seems to exert positive impact on inflation variability. We find no evidence for inflation uncertainty affecting food inflation rates. Hence, the findings of the study supports the Friedman-Ball hypothesis in both cases of consumer food price inflation and wholesale food price inflation. This implies that past information on food inflation can help improve the one-step-ahead prediction of food inflation variability but not vice versa. Our results have some important policy implications for the design of monetary policy, food policy thereby promoting macroeconomic stability.

Eosinophilic gastroenteritis (EGE) is a rare inflammatory disorder that predominantly affects the stomach and the small intestine, although its pathogenesis is not yet known precisely. EGE shows distinct peripheral eosinophilia and eosinophilic infiltration of the intestinal wall. A 12-month-old girl who was breastfeeding presented with bilateral eyelid swelling without gastrointestinal symptom. Laboratory examination showed peripheral eosinophilia and hypoalbuminemia and iron deficiency anemia. Gastric and duodenal biopsy specimens revealed eosinophilic infiltration of the mucosal layer. We experienced a case of eosinophilic gastroenteritis without any gastrointestinal symptom, associated with maternal food contained allergen.

Purpose - This study aims to examine the influence of social network service (SNS) on the brand image of infant food products; highlight the effects of brand image on the purchasing and word-of-mouth intention; and explore the effects of the purchasing intention on the word-of-mouth intention. Research design, data, and methodology - Based on previous studies, it was found that the fundamental SNS characteristics for infant food products are reliability, interactivity, and informative. Using AMOS 22.0 and structural equation modeling (SEM), 288 questionnaires were surveyed as a statistical method for examining the proposed hypotheses. Results - The analysis shows that reliability and informative have significant impacts on brand image, whereas interactivity does not. Again, the effect of brand image of infant food products on the purchase and word-of-mouth intention is statistically significant. However, the results differ across the “working housewife” and the “full-time housewife” groups. The connection between reliability and brand image was found to be statistically significant in this study. Conclusions - This study analyzes the effects of SNS characteristics on the brand image of infant food products and the effect of the brand image on purchase and word-of-mouth intentions, and provides practical implications for the same.

지금과 같이 브랜드가 넘쳐나는 시장 상황에서 패키지는 제품의 속성만을 표현하는 것 뿐 만 아니라 소비자의 needs, 시대 의 트랜드를 반영한 차별화된 디자인을 필요로 한다. 본 연구는 브랜드 아이덴티티와 패키지디자인에 대한 이론적 배경을 바탕으로 강력한 브랜드를 구축하는데 있어 필요한 다양한 패키지 디자인의 구성요소 중 4가지를 선정하여 색채, 캐릭터, 일러스트, 형태에 대해 패키지 차별화로 브랜드 아이덴티티가 뚜렷한 사례를 가진 국, 내외 브랜드 위주의 사례를 켈러의 CBBE모델을 기초로 하여 분석하고자 한다. 분석 내용을 요약하면 첫 번째, 감성 시대로 발전한 오늘날에 기업들은 다른 기업들과의 경쟁에서 차별화를 하기 위하여 많은 노력을 한다. 두 번째, 색채의 사용은 패키지 디자인에 있어서 매우 중요 하다. 세 번째, 아트마케팅을 적용한 패키지 디자인은 독특하고 품격 있는 세련된 이미지로 소비자에게 신선하게 다가감을 알 수 있다. 네 번째, 독특한 형태를 적용한 패키지는 브랜드를 알리는데 핵심적인 역할을 한다. 위의 디자인 사례를 종합 해보면 차별화 된 패키지 디자인은 주목성과 재미를 주는 패키지로 보는 이로 하여금 흥미를 유발하여 소비 욕구가 생기게 하며, 관련 상품과 기업에 새로운 가치를 창조하는 전략임을 알 수 있다. 이 연구에서는 브랜드 강화 전략 중 차별화의 한 전략으로 패키지 디자인의 다양한 사례를 파악하고자 한다.

음식은 세계인이 공유하는 공통의 언어이다. 최근 지구촌의 각 문화권이 보유하고 있는 독특한 음식문화의 가치는 관광을 통해 재발견되고 있다. 음식은 유.무형의 관광 상품과 서비스의 가장 중요한 요소이면서, 관광지의 이미지를 강화시킬 수 있는 핵심적인 요소이기 때문이다. 더 나아가 ‘음식’ 자체가 관광활동의 직접적인 동기가 되고 있고, 관광 활동의 한 부분을 차지하면서 문화, 역사, 관광지의 특성이 음식과 융화되어 특정지역이나 민족의 독특한 음식을 먹기 위한 미식관광(gastronomic tourism)이 점차 활성화되고 있다. 본 연구의 목적을 달성하기 위해 미식관광을 경험하거나 계획 중인 미식 관광객을 대상으로 설문조사를 하였으며, 총 300부의 연구 설문지 중 84부의 불성실한 답변 설문지를 제외한 216부의 설문지를 최종분석에 활용하였다. 분석에는 SPSS 23.0을 이용하여 신뢰도 분석, 요인분석, 상관관계 분석, 선형회귀분석을 하였으며 분석결과는 다음과 같다. 첫째, 미식관여도의 미식관광동기에 유의한 영향을 미치고 둘째, 미식관여도는 만족과 추천의도에 유의한 영향관계를 형성하였으며 셋째, 미식관광동기와 만족·추천의도 간에 유의한 영향관계를 형성하였다. 따라서 본 연구의 모든 가설은 채택되었고 미식관여도와 미식관광 속에서 미식의 중요성에 대한 관심과 방향성에 대한 실무적 시사점 또한 제공하였다.

The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of pesticide-related accident on prices and sales of eggs and the perception of food safety accidents among consumers. For this, we analyzed the impact of the pesticide incident on consumers’ purchases by separating large discount stores and eco-friendly specialty stores with econometrics methods. In addition, the value changes for each egg certification were analyzed after the accident. Perception of food safety accidents was conducted through a survey to investigate the awareness of the pesticiderelated accidents, changes in purchases, and the causes of the pesticide accidents. Furthermore, the risk analysis was conducted. This results show the importance of trust and communication in food safety accidents between distributors, consumers and concerned authorities. Also, after the accident, consumers’ interest and premium exist in the breeding process such as animal welfare, not only in the final product. Therefore in order to actively respond to food safety accidents such as pesticidesrelated accident, response and improvement are necessary considering various aspects such as risk assessment, risk management, and risk communication.