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The study focuses on the identification of social actors currently engaged in activities aimed atsocio-cultural and economic development in the Poloniny region. It describes what these social actors consider to be a regional and local ‘traditional’ craft, activity or product, and also addresses the question of (1) which declared local traditions have been preserved as ancestral heritage from previous generations through long-term transmission and are still part of the living heritage, and (2) which of the extinct cultural traditions local actors are trying to revive. It also provides a critical reflection on the way in which these actors are trying to revive regional and local ‘traditional’ elements and the extent to which these are transformed or invented traditions. This study also aims to highlight the links between tourism and the presentation of these ‘traditional’ elements as part of the cultural heritage of the region and to record the initiatives of various organisations, associations or individuals who, through their activities, seek to strengthen the future socio-cultural and economic capital of the region. The study presentsthe results of qualitative research carried out in the Poloniny region using ethnographic interview and participant observation methods and compares them with the ethnographic data of some Slovak ethnographers who have carried out research of this area in the past. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Abstract The aim of the article is to advance knowledge regarding the significant role played by culinary trail projects in promoting foods from ethnic groups residing in Podkarpackie, Poland’s southeastern region. Podkarpackie’s culinary heritage, cultural identities, and the specificity of its cuisine that contribute to the region’s touristic potential are presented. Traditional and regional dishes of Podkarpackie are characterized by their originality and rich flavors, variety, and simplicity of preparation. They contribute to the region’s tourist attractions. Many restaurants in Southeast Poland offer regional dishes, such as kwaśnica, fuczki, and pierogi with various fillings or stuffed cabbage rolls. Culinary trails can be a critical factor in promoting not only the region’s ethnic food but its related culture and art as well.

Regional product labelling has become a trend in recent years, with the goal of being able to stimulate and support local economies; increase the sales of quality local products and services; preserve and maintain traditions, local cultural values, and the character of rural landscapes; and promote the use of local resources, potential, and raw materials. The existing Slovak studies deal primarily with the perception of consumers and tourism. In this article, we analysed forms of rural development in connection with regional product labelling and the Slovak regions of Kopanice and Záhorie. This theme is a relatively new phenomenon in Slovakia, and that is the author's main contribution. The research was conducted using an online questionnaire administered between May and July 2022 in each district of the region, with a total of 283 respondents participating. The results obtained from the questionnaire survey were statistically processed using Pearson's correlation coefficient. We used STATISTIC 109 software (Tibco software, Palo Alto, California). The questionnaire method is the most suitable method for determining the perceptions of the respondents. The goal was to analyse rural development in connection with regional product labelling and to identify areas of the application of regional product labels. The term regional product was associated with production in a specific region (50.5%) and with the customs and traditions of the region (43.8%). Supporting employment and entrepreneurship in the region were considered by 43.1% of the respondents as the most important in the region. From the perspective of the application of regional labelling in connection with rural development, we confirmed gender and education dependence. Women with first- and second-level higher education saw regional labels as the main element in the development of the region and the local economy. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The aim of the article is to advance knowledge regarding the significant role played by culinary trail projects in promoting foods from ethnic groups residing in Podkarpackie, Poland's southeastern region. Podkarpackie's culinary heritage, cultural identities, and the specificity of its cuisine that contribute to the region's touristic potential are presented. Traditional and regional dishes of Podkarpackie are characterized by their originality and rich flavors, variety, and simplicity of preparation. They contribute to the region's tourist attractions. Many restaurants in Southeast Poland offer regional dishes, such as kwaśnica, fuczki, and pierogi with various fillings or stuffed cabbage rolls. Culinary trails can be a critical factor in promoting not only the region's ethnic food but its related culture and art as well. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Consumers are increasingly turning towards regional products (RP). The Consumer Ethnocentric Scale (CETSCALE) has been widely used to examine consumer motives for buying national and RPs. However, recent studies highlight that the CETSCALE alone does not adequately explain consumers' intention to purchase RPs. This study adopted a mixed-method approach to provide an in-depth understanding of consumers' motivations to buy RPs. A preliminary qualitative study based on twenty semi-structured interviews with German consumers, followed by two surveys, enabled the validation of a scale including three main drivers of consumers' decision to purchase RPs: perceived eco-friendliness, superior quality, and territorial identity. The newly built Regional Scale (i.e., REGIOSCALE) and the CETSCALE were used to assess their explanatory power of consumers' decision to purchase RPs. The findings reveal that the REGIOSCALE has a more substantial explanatory power of consumer decision to buy RPs than the CETSCALE. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Regional product labelling has become a trend in recent years, with the goal of being able to stimulate and support local economies; increase the sales of quality local products and services; preserve and maintain traditions, local cultural values, and the character of rural landscapes; and promote the use of local resources, potential, and raw materials. The existing Slovak studies deal primarily with the perception of consumers and tourism. In this article, we analysed forms of rural development in connection with regional product labelling and the Slovak regions of Kopanice and Záhorie. This theme is a relatively new phenomenon in Slovakia, and that is the author’s main contribution. The research was conducted using an online questionnaire administered between May and July 2022 in each district of the region, with a total of 283 respondents participating. The results obtained from the questionnaire survey were statistically processed using Pearson’s correlation coefficient. We used STATISTIC 109 software (Tibco software, Palo Alto, California). The questionnaire method is the most suitable method for determining the perceptions of the respondents. The goal was to analyse rural development in connection with regional product labelling and to identify areas of the application of regional product labels. The term regional product was associated with production in a specific region (50.5%) and with the customs and traditions of the region (43.8%). Supporting employment and entrepreneurship in the region were considered by 43.1% of the respondents as the most important in the region. From the perspective of the application of regional labelling in connection with rural development, we confirmed gender and education dependence. Women with first- and second-level higher education saw regional labels as the main element in the development of the region and the local economy.

This article deals with regional products in the Czech Republic. The goal is to examine the regional product characteristics, purchasing behavior when buying said products and basic segmentation criteria of their consumers. After an analysis of WoS and Scopus articles focusing on regional brands, we have concluded that areas explaining how consumers understand regional products (their characteristics), purchasing behavior and basic segmentation criteria are under-researched. Thus we have planned our research to tackle these areas. Our sample consists of 1050 respondents from the Czech Republic, gathered through questionnaire by professional agency Ipsos. We use Chi-Square test to test data, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test to test data distribution, Kruskal-Wallis test to test dependencies, and post-hoc pairwise comparison to test groups. Main results include: consumers assign different importance to regional product characteristics than regional brands communicate; most positive toward regional brands are age groups 36–45 and 26–35, university education, from Moravia or Silesia, least positive are youngest and oldest age group, with secondary education. We propose regional brands to utilize this knowledge when designing their communication.

This article aims to examine the effects of new technology on the purchase of regional brands in Czechia and draw conclusions that will help to adapt the brands to customer needs. Regional brands are a speciality of Central Europe, which emerged due to consumer dissatisfaction with low-quality of global retail products. These traditional local handmade products are heavily influenced by new technology and customers requiring them to be purchasable online with a massive online presence. The sample consisted of 1050 residents of the Czech Republic. The data were gathered by a professional marketing agency Ipsos using a questionnaire survey. The sample was tested using the one-way Chi-square test, which had good compliance to test the basic sample characteristics, followed with the one-sample Kolmogorov-Smirnov test to test the data distribution, and then, the dependencies were tested with the Kruskal-Wallis test. Finally, a post-hoc test suitable for the type of analysis could be chosen to better understand the type of factors that could influence the results and their possible effect. The main findings indicate a slow change in the demand as customers are neutral in relation to regional brands available from online shops as well as their about social media presence but require them to have a good-quality website. Solutions are proposed using a government-run brand with a platform providing web layouts and hybrid e-shop. The type of content is proposed, indicating the appropriate execution, which should be done based on the researched-derived segmentation criteria.

This article describes the role of industry in the economy, the development of light industry enterprises in the country and their location by region, employment in light industry enterprises, as well as the volume of finished products produced by these enterprises and export activities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The text seeks answers to the questions of what folk inspirations in design mean and whether local identity embedded in traditions can work as a brand able to interpret traditional products and samples and, subsequently, disseminate them by means of strategies used in design. It is a conscious, innovative process that draws creatively on local sources. Today, traditional forms and patterns are naturally present in real craft products as well as kitsch objects created as an expression of the commercialisation of tourism. Attention is also paid to the terms “craft product” and “regional product”, their significance and understanding by local manufacturers, users, self-governing bodies, and activities at the given location. The analysis of this topic is based on field research and the results of an internet questionnaire. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article focuses on the experience of Czech customers with the purchase of products labelled by the Association of Regional Brands and Bohemian Paradise Association. The aim of this paper is to evaluate selected indicators associated with purchasing certified regional products. The studied characteristics focus on the knowledge and perception of several chosen microregional brands and on the purchase of a certified product itself. The article presents the results of research conducted through a questionnaire survey, whose 1390 respondents are residents as well as visitors of eight different micro‑regions in the Czech Republic. Awareness of regional brands within the sample surveyed is around 46 %. The relationship between awareness of regional brand and respondents’ age, education and status towards the region has been identified. The perception of consumers considered, a brand is most often associated with tangible products, namely food and agricultural produce. Consumers view brands chiefly as a guarantee of production in the given region and a certain tradition. Most often, the respondents take notice of brands on the packaging of a particular certified product.

This article deals with regional products in the Czech Republic. The goal is to examine the regional product characteristics, purchasing behavior when buying said products and basic segmentation criteria of their consumers. After an analysis of WoS and Scopus articles focusing on regional brands, we have concluded that areas explaining how consumers understand regional products (their characteristics), purchasing behavior and basic segmentation criteria are under-researched. Thus we have planned our research to tackle these areas. Our sample consists of 1050 respondents from the Czech Republic, gathered through questionnaire by professional agency Ipsos. We use Chi-Square test to test data, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test to test data distribution, Kruskal-Wallis test to test dependencies, and post-hoc pairwise comparison to test groups. Main results include: consumers assign different importance to regional product characteristics than regional brands communicate; most positive toward regional brands are age groups 36–45 and 26–35, university education, from Moravia or Silesia, least positive are youngest and oldest age group, with secondary education. We propose regional brands to utilize this knowledge when designing their communication. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper aims to analyze the interregional trade of the Brazilian regions, by observing the inherent relations of the region and the relations with other regions. It is intended to also check how trade flows are related to GDP and GDP per capita. The methodology consists in estimating the non-spatial panel data models that relate to the variables. Interregional trade flows were obtained from Vasconcelos (2001), Vasconcelos and Oliveira (2006) and Guilhoto et al. (2010). The results show the high degree of commercial dependence on other regions in relation to the South-East region (in particular the State of São Paulo). There is a great concentration of trade flows in the central-south part of the country and, in general, interstate flows are of greater relative importance for the less developed states of the country. There is a positive relationship between interregional trade and GDP. However, at the aggregate level, a negative relation with GDP per capita is observed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The authenticity of food products is one of the criteria settling the consumers’ decision on the purchase of given goods. Herebythis article the authors focus on authenticity issues of butter and cheese. Matters of counterfeiting and methods of detecting such falsifications are brought up. The subject of additional substances permitted in the production of butter and cheese has been broadly discussed. The authors pay special attention to the issues of modern methods for the production of butter, having been in use for years in western European countries, which has run into resistance from supervising units. The problem of authenticity of butter and cheese has also been discussed in the context of products marked as Protected Designation of Origin (PDO), Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) and Traditional Speciality Guaranted (TSG). The authors present possible offences against products subject to protection and legal regulations in the scope of the protection of traditional and regional products.

This research shows the results of quantitative study analyzing the impact of atmosphere’s sales outlet on consumer behavior. The results allow validating the majority of hypotheses. Throughthis research we have shown that thedesign promoting regional products’ referencing in the linear has a significant influence on the consumer’s attachment to the store.However, thesefactors have no significant impact on brand loyalty.

Curd cheese is one of the most traditional foods produced in the Northeast of Brazil, the production is mainly concentrated in the states of Rio Grande do Norte, Ceará, Pernambuco and Paraíba. Although it has great historical and socioeconomic importance, there is a need for further related studies about the quality control of its production, especially with regard to Listeria spp. and Salmonella spp. given the importance of these microorganisms to public health. Thus, this study aimed to investigate Listeria spp. and Salmonella spp. in samples of curd cheese commercialized in establishments in the municipality of Venturosa, Agreste of the state of Pernambuco, Brazil. Sixty samples of curd cheese were analyzed using the microbiological analysis method according to Normative Instruction nº30/2018, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply (MAPA). No samples were detected for Salmonella spp., however, Listeria grayi was detected in two cheese samples (3.34%), among the analyzed samples. The presence of L. grayi may be associated with hygienicsanitary failures in the stages of obtaining or elaboration of the product. The result obtained in the study reinforces the importance and necessity of the application of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) to obtain a final product safe to the consumer.

Revitalisation is nowadays one of the most frequently used notions related to the renovation and reclamation of cities as well as restoration of splendour to areas and facilities. It should be remembered, however, that revitalisation is also a process of social renewal (social projects) and revival of the economic space of a city or a region. Well-maintained, original, historic urban space also becomes an inspiration for the development of many socio-cultural initiatives, enriching the offer of the city and making it attractive for both the residents and representatives of the creative class, on whom, to a large extent, the economic growth of the city is dependent. This interdependence of caring for an attractive space and the development of other aspects of city life, including the economic one, also takes form of marketing activities that consist in promoting the cultural legacy of the city and region as a special "product" that distinguishes a particular area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Handicrafts, food and beverages and other local products, which have reached the past from the past to the present, are the most valuable assets that have witnessed the past of our country. The unique architectural structures, clothing styles, food and beverage types of the different regions and the handicrafts of the region are the elements that need to be transferred to the new generations in the future that will provide the tourist gain in the future. They offer a variety of information to local and foreign tourists about the characteristics of the region. In addition, tourist-souvenirs, inspired by the examples of various handicrafts of the region, play an important role in carrying the past to the present with new designs. In addition, souvenirs purchased by tourists from the destinations they visit are one of the most important tourism sources and a necessary element for tourist attraction. From this point of view, the aim of the study is to determine the touristic potentials by analyzing the current situation of the regional products which are important cultural heritage sources. In this context, the relevant national and international literature was examined in depth and synthesized. As a result of the study, local and souvenir products which are specific to the province of Erzurum were determined and suggestions were made to give importance to these products as regional touristic product. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Regional branding is one of several ways to promote rural regions and support development of socially, culturally and environmentally oriented economies in areas that are interesting due to their natural and cultural heritage. The article attempts to review the conceptual and theoretical underpinnings of branding as conveyed by leading authors in the marketing field. The aim of this paper is to define brand as a broad complex of variables, which are used in building of its identity as a basis for creating value proposition and the position of a brand. Article briefly describes the most comprehensive labeling system for regional products at the micro-regional level is the one guaranteed by Association of Regional Brands (ARB). The main contribution of this article is a theoretical model of strategic management of a regional brand, which captures the interdependence of the individual steps of brand building as well as stakeholders. The starting point for building of brand value is a strategic analysis of the brand, including analysis of customer and competitors. The analysis of external factors is followed by analysis of the brand itself. The resulting relationship between the brand and the customer is based on value proposition representing benefits (functional, emotional, self‑expression). The concept of total product is connected with the concept of total brand and it is offered to the customer as a regional product. Finally it suggests possibilities for further research.

The article recounts actions oriented at experiencing and reliving culinary traditions, undertaken by the Local Action Group of the “Mroga” Society for the Local Community Development. The Society operates in five communes: Koluszki, Brzeziny, Dmosin, Jeżów and Rogów, located in the north-eastern part of the current Łódź voivodeship, east of the city of Łódź. In the past, this area, which bordered regions whose characteristic features indicated their distinct regional identities (the Łęczyca Land and the Łowicz Principality from the north, the Rawa Land from the east, the Opoczno and Piotrków Lands from the south, and Łódź from the west), was devoid of definite features typical to folk culture. Currently it is still an area which, due to the absence of a consistent and enduring cultural foundation to refer to, cannot be described in the categories of an ethnographic or geographic region. By following the tourist trail laid by the Society, known as the “Appetite Trail”, I reconstruct the vision of what the community resident in the five communes covered by the activity of the “Mroga” Local Action Group defines as the region’s culinary tradition, and I deconstruct the Group’s actions that reduce the tradition to the level of a tourist attraction.

This article focuses on the experience of Czech customers with the purchase of products labelled by the Association of Regional Brands and Bohemian Paradise Association. The aim of this paper is to evaluate selected indicators associated with purchasing certified regional products. The studied characteristics focus on the knowledge and perception of several chosen microregional brands and on the purchase of a certified product itself. The article presents the results of research conducted through a questionnaire survey, whose 1390 respondents are residents as well as visitors of eight different micro‑regions in the Czech Republic. Awareness of regional brands within the sample surveyed is around 46%. The relationship between awareness of regional brand and respondents’ age, education and status towards the region has been identified. The perception of consumers considered, a brand is most often associated with tangible products, namely food and agricultural produce. Consumers view brands chiefly as a guarantee of production in the given region and a certain tradition. Most often, the respondents take notice of brands on the packaging of a particular certified product. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The paper deals with the issues related to the supply side of the launch of a new regional product “Wołowina Sudecka” (Sudeten beef). This product is to be produced from cattle in the utility type of meat and combined, which is kept in the Sudeten counties. The results helped to determine that, in the surveyed area, in 2010 over 38 thousand of cattle were maintained. For this over 66% was in milk type, and the remaining part were cattle in meat and combined type of utility. The best meat comes from meat and combined type, so this type of cattle was selected for detailed analysis, and determination the potential supply of cooking beef. As a result of the work, it was identified that in the chosen area the potential supply of cooking beef is about 589 tons per year. The idea of introducing the analysed regional product to the market should be considered as valuable, because there is an adequate supply potential, and many benefits for local communities, business and tourists can result from it.

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One of the main priorities of the EU is the development of the regions in all aspects of their diversity, including cooking. The need for a culinary exploration of the zoning and authentic Bulgarian cuisine is extremely pressing and linked to the need for the creation of a quality tourism product. The identification, evaluation, analysis and promotion of the culinary phenomenon are of extreme importance, typical of a specific region and its presentation to the general public. In Bulgaria there are separate areas characterized by their typical dishes and quirks in eating habits which gives grounds to speak of regional cuisines in this country. Mention of the Rhodopi cuisine, Thracian cuisine, cuisine from Dobroudzha, etc., it is known that we have typical dishes, typical dishes in the Pirin region, in Srednogorie, etc. Regardless of the studies on the regional characteristics in culinary technology and several previous entries/mainly by the Institute of Nutrition, as well as various events to promote our national cuisine in catering establishments, the materials in this respect are extremely scarce. There are few publications with recipes from regional cuisines/typical of individual areas/and even fewer are the authentic recipes for dishes and desserts, collected in various parts of the country, directly from local people/culinary folklore. The goal of this article is to show that the authentic old Bulgarian cuisine is influenced by the region in which it is produced and its preservation and promotion matters for its development; to make an exemplary model for culinary zoning, based on the developed methodology applied to the region of the Rhodopes; to select and systematize typical products and dishes of the region. Based on elite gourmets and studies carried out on our part, we divided the country into 7 gourmet areas: 1.Balkan mountains region; 2. Black Sea region; 3. Danube region including the area from Vidin to Silistra; 4. Culinary region of Thrace; 5. The Rhodopes region; 6. Western Bulgaria (Shopski); 7. Macedonian culinary region. On the other hand, during the culinary regionalization we relied on local food resources; factors determining the national characteristics of eating; eating habits that have been formed over the centuries of national historical development based on local climatic conditions, soil fertility, religion and traditional culinary practices, passed down from generation to generation; eating ways and features in different regions of Bulgaria. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The aim of this paper is to assess if there is a difference in food choice behaviour between regular customers of stores of the retail chain Terno and other consumers. Consequently, the paper aims to discover, if the strategy formulated by the consumer co-operative Jednota České Budějovice was a good strategy. The core of this strategy is the orientation on the region, local and regional food and food products and the co-operation with local small and medium suppliers. Another part of this strategy is also the permanent control of quality of these products and creation of the special private label – Quality food from our region. The consumer co-operative co-operates also with the regional grouping under another label – Tastes great. Southbohemian. The assessment is done by means of the analysis of a questionnaire survey that was done among consumers in the South Bohemia in 2011. The strongest factor differentiating customers of the retail chain TERNO from other consumer is the orientation on regional or local products, which explains about 41% of variability. Other differentiating factors are environment-friendly production and selling and quality of food. All these three factors explain in total 66.5% of variability of the data set.

Regional branding is one of several ways to promote rural regions and support development of socially, culturally and environmentally oriented economies in areas that are interesting due to their natural and cultural heritage. The article attempts to review the conceptual and theoretical underpinnings of branding as conveyed by leading authors in the marketing field. The aim of this paper is to define brand as a broad complex of variables, which are used in building of its identity as a basis for creating value proposition and the position of a brand. Article briefly describes the most comprehensive labeling system for regional products at the micro-regional level is the one guaranteed by Association of Regional Brands (ARB). The main contribution of this article is a theoretical model of strategic management of a regional brand, which captures the interdependence of the individual steps of brand building as well as stakeholders. The starting point for building of brand value is a strategic analysis of the brand, including analysis of customer and competitors. The analysis of external factors is followed by analysis of the brand itself. The resulting relationship between the brand and the customer is based on value proposition representing benefits (functional, emotional, self-expression). The concept of total product is connected with the concept of total brand and it is offered to the customer as a regional product. Finally it suggests possibilities for further research. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents a model which explains per capita regional product as a function of spatial and non spatial variables. Spatial variables may act within and beyond its territory and are related to spatial phenomena such as spatial external economies or expenditure urban multipliers. The model is estimated using Spatial Econometrics techniques and empirical evidence from the Spanish provinces, «comarcas» (sub-regions) and municipalities. The results validate the model in the three different levels of spatial aggregation and underline that spatial variables explain from 30 to 50% of regional product generation.

In Italy the national income statistics do not provide the elements allowing for a division of the total income between regions and provinces. The present article attempts to estimate the distribution by areas through calculations based on a group of indices which, taken together, might be regarded as sufficiently indicative of the regional and provincial product. The article falls into two parts: (a) regional distribution of national income and of its principal components, and movement of regional income from 1938 to 1953 and 1954; (b) regional analysis of selected consumptions other than food, and of figures for bank and postal savings deposits. The statistical technique used in dividing up the total income between provinces and regions is summarised in a short methodological appendix. As the author warns, the results obtained are only very rough estimates. Nonetheless, they offer the first statistical basis to evaluate the diverse economic levels in the geographical areas of Italy. JEL: E01, E24, E25

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Functional foods as prebiotics and probiotics, ensure balanced and healthy intestinal flora and help in preventing chronic degenerative diseases, however, little use is made of these foods because of the difficulty of developing products with attractive sensory characteristics and viable micro-organisms throughout the useful life of the product. The objective of this study was to develop a symbiotic yogurt ice cream enriched with açaí (Euterpe oleracea) prepared from buffalo milk. For the preparation of yoghurt, the milk was filtered, skimmed, pasteurized, and was increased by 1% prebiotic (inulin), 0.5% milk culture (probiotic) and 8% sucrose. After the yogurt was divided to get four ice cream formulations, F1 - with vegetable fat and dye; F2 - with vegetable fat without dye; F3 - with cream and dye and F4 - with cream without dye, to verify the most low fat and consumer behavior in relation to the addition of dye. In the evaluation of physico-chemical characteristics, F1 stood out significantly (p <0.05) in relation to nutritional quality. Formulations received above average grades 6 to flavor, color, texture, flavor and overall appearance, according to the nine-point hedonic scale, however, the dye formulations, F1 and F3, stood out as significantly related to F2 and F4 (p> 0.05). In accordance with the microbiological analysis were derivatives suitable for human consumption. Thus, the development of symbiotic ice cream yogurt flavor acai is viable for its functionality and value, using cream or vegetable fat and adding dye. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The brown sugar is the solid product obtained by concentration of the juice of cane sugar, very popular with consumers, and is used to manufacture candy good economic alternatives for their utilization. This study aimed to evaluate the microbiological and sensory quality of three sweet coconut formulations. The results show that the most accepted formulation was obtained from the average concentration of brown sugar, contributing to the development of the sweet brown sugar base through simple procedures and easy to apply by producers. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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Regional products are cultural richness of states and nations, but in many cases, are undervalued in the local market. Food products in the region can play an important role in building local identity, and their sale is the ability to obtain additional income for farmers and rural residents. This means that they are important for the development of rural areas. This study is based on primary sources. Data were collected using the method of direct interview with the research questionnaire. The research had local character. As a place of research has been selected region of Sudeten Mountain (south-western Poland), where a group of farmers wanted to launch a new regional product called "Sudeten Beef". The aim of the study was to determine whether potential consumers are interested in such a product and that its acceptance is different between a group of tourists and a group of local residents. Total number of respondents was 219. The obtained results allowed determining that there is strong interest in such a product on demand side of market. It was also found that there is no importance whether the responses gave local residents or visitors to the area covered by the study. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The subject of study was the market of regional products in Lubelskie voivodeship. The paper presents the current number of registered, traditional products and what products are defined as traditional and regional according to The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development. Conducted studies aimed at the analysis of prospective development of the market of regional and traditional products in Lubelskie voivodeship, as well as to examine the influence which a place of residence has on perception of such products. Furthermore, the sources of information concerning traditional products were looked into and likelihood of purchase, as well as the determinants that make respondents buy the products. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]