While consumer’s demand for foods delivering health benefits, or functional foods, increases, Reg.No.1924/2006, imposes to food manufacturers in the European market stringent criteria for health claims approval. Facing this trade-off, manufacturers need to assess which claim is more likely to...

This article provides a structural framework for studying the market performance of various food industries. It revisits the benefit-function approach to modeling demand and extends its application to the empirical industrial-organization literature. We illustrate the empirical value of our...

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Der deutsche Joghurtmarkt konnte in den vergangenen 15 Jahren ein starkes Wachstum erzielen. Obwohl der deutsche Lebensmittelmarkt im Allgemeinen als gesättigt gilt, ist der Pro-Kopf-Verzehr von Joghurt in Deutschland von 1995 mit 13,1 kg auf 17,8 kg im Jahr 2009 angewachsen (AMI, 2010)....

Food products providing health benefits beyond nutrition, or functional foods, draw consumers’ attention and promise growth opportunities for innovator food manufacturers. European functional food manufacturers may be facing future challenges, mainly due to the European Union Regulation (EC)...

Despite the significant interest shown by academics as to investigating the market of functionalfoods, little empirical research has used market data to infer on the characteristics of functional foods’consumers via demand analysis. Using a discrete choice (nested-logit) model and scanner data...

In spite of growing consumers’ interest for functional foods and strong growth of their markets, limited knowledge of the demand for these products and their profitability is available. Adapting the LA/AIDS model by means of Pinkse, Slade, and Brett’s (2002) distance metric method, this...

Despite the significant interest shown by academics as to investigating the market of functional foods, little empirical research has used market data to infer on the characteristics of functional foods’ consumers via demand analysis. Using a discrete choice (nested-logit) model and scanner...

In spite of growing consumers’ interest for functional foods and strong growth of their markets, limited knowledge of the demand for these products and their profitability is available. Adapting the LA/AIDS model by means of Pinkse, Slade, and Brett’s (2002) distance metric method, this...