CONSUMPTION OF PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS AMONG URBAN FAMILIES

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dc.contributor.advisorUMA REDDY, M.
dc.contributor.authorSridevi, B.
dc.date.accessioned2018-05-28T10:03:27Z
dc.date.available2018-05-28T10:03:27Z
dc.date.issued1994
dc.description.abstractThe present study was carried out to assess the purchase and consumption of various processed foods among urban families of Hyderabad and Secunderabad. Three hundred families belonging to middle and high income groups were selected. Consumption of processed foods according to income groups, income and Results families products and dairy products. emplcxed products, lesser extent. purchased baked goods, housewives purchased fruit and vegetable employment of housewives was studied. of the study revealed that 100 percent of the pasta products, cereal In addition 100 percent of the processed whereas the unemployed housewives purchased to a Processed foods consumed by different income groups, showed no differences in the type of foods purchased, but in the expenditure spent on processed foods, i.e.Rs.373, Rs.444, and Rs.528 by the lower middle. middle. and high income group of employed housewives families, and Rs.315 Rs.422, and Rs.533 by the unemployed housewives group respectively. Expenditure on food from the total monthly income was 15-55 percent out of which 5—25 percent of the total food expenditure and 2—8 percent of the total monthly income was spent on processed foods. The main reasons given for preferring processed foods were ”time saving” and ”easy to prepare” aspects of processed foods. The other lesser reasons were ”tasty”, ”nutritious” and ”liked by family members”. It was seen that on an average employed housewives were spending more on processed foods, than unemployed housewives.en_US
dc.identifier.citationD4486en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://krishikosh.egranth.ac.in/handle/1/5810047910
dc.keywordsCONSUMPTION OF PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS AMONG URBAN FAMILIESen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherProfessor Jayashankar Telangana State Agricultural Universityen_US
dc.subFood and Nutritionen_US
dc.subjectnullen_US
dc.themeFood and Nutritionen_US
dc.these.typeM.Scen_US
dc.titleCONSUMPTION OF PROCESSED FOOD PRODUCTS AMONG URBAN FAMILIESen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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