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Development of a food product concept formulation framework for low-income consumers in urbanised informal settlements in Gauteng South Africa
Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/25248 Development of a food product concept formulation framework for low-income consumers in urbanised informal settlements in Gauteng South Africa Schonfeldt, H.C. (Hettie Carina) Kruger, R. saried@vut.ac.za Duvenage, Sara Susanna Low-income consumers Gauteng south africa Informal settlements UCTD Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2010. A dearth of information was found to guide food product formulation for low-income consumers. The political change in South Africa and neighbouring countries and the accompanying influx to economic centres, resulted in the unprecedented growth of urbanised informal settlements. These communities, accommodating the poorest of the poor and experiencing a high prevalence of nutritional devastation, indicated a merited project opportunity. The purpose of the study was to develop a food product formulation framework for low-income consumers living in urbanised informal settlements in South Africa. The unique contribution of this approach is based on the depiction of the food product attribute (concept) needs perceived as most important by these respondents during purchasing choice of their staple food, maize meal. The study comprised five sub-objectives, executed in three phases. The concepts required by low-income consumers were identified, selected and organised through a baseline survey in an informal settlement (n = 60). Satiety value, affordability, packaging size, value for money and taste were identified, in sequence, as the most important design parameters for the framework. The food industry (n = 17) indicated affordability, nutrient content, taste and product quality as the food product attributes of most importance during food product development, indicating a discrepancy. Phase 2 of this study consisted of two parallel approaches, comprising an extended survey to validate the suggested design parameters in the target market against an established product maize meal) (quantitative approach) and the description of the identified concepts to reveal embedded elements to clarify terminology use (qualitative approach). Three informal (n = 401) and one formal (n = 101) settlement were involved. All groups agreed regarding the need for satiety value, product acceptability, convenience and the influence of household factors. Consumers from the informal settlements identified satiety value and affordability as of highest importance, followed by taste. Appearance, product quality, texture, product safety/ shelf life, brand loyalty and nutrient content were indicated as less important, prioritising concepts linked to survival during severely constrained economic conditions. Consumers living in the urbanised formal settlement, identified taste as the key concept. Focus group discussions revealed no differences in the meaning ascribed to terminology, although perceptions reflected the variance in income level. The identified concept elements revealed the interlinked nature of satiety value and affordability. Differences in the understanding of concepts between these consumers and literature, were revealed. Concepts to consider when developing food products for low-income consumers were identified as satiety value, affordability, taste, product acceptability, convenience/ ease of preparation, household influence, appearance, value for money, product quality, packaging size, texture, product safety/ shelf life, brand loyalty and nutrient content, in the stated sequence. A framework was proposed. However, from a humanitarian point of view, nutrient content cannot be ignored by the food industry. As the key to market success lies in the potential of a product to find solutions relating to its physical nature, as well as in the use and advantages of the product, the results of this research project have great application value. Consumer Science unrestricted 2013-09-06T20:04:05Z 2010-06-07 2013-09-06T20:04:05Z 2010-04-21 2010-06-07 2010-06-04 Thesis Duvenage, SS 2010, Development of a food product concept formulation framework for low-income consumers in urbanised informal settlements in Gauteng South Africa, PhD thesis, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25248 > D10/371/ag http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25248 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06042010-014357/ © 2010, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | Low-income consumers Gauteng south africa Informal settlements UCTD Development of a food product concept formulation framework for low-income consumers in urbanised informal settlements in Gauteng South Africa |
| title | Development of a food product concept formulation framework for low-income consumers in urbanised informal settlements in Gauteng South Africa |
| title_full | Development of a food product concept formulation framework for low-income consumers in urbanised informal settlements in Gauteng South Africa |
| title_fullStr | Development of a food product concept formulation framework for low-income consumers in urbanised informal settlements in Gauteng South Africa |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of a food product concept formulation framework for low-income consumers in urbanised informal settlements in Gauteng South Africa |
| title_short | Development of a food product concept formulation framework for low-income consumers in urbanised informal settlements in Gauteng South Africa |
| title_sort | development of a food product concept formulation framework for low income consumers in urbanised informal settlements in gauteng south africa |
| topic | Low-income consumers Gauteng south africa Informal settlements UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25248 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06042010-014357/ |