EUROBAROMETER FOOD POLL
February 1st, 2006
BY KEITH NUTHALL
WHEN European Union (EU) consumers think of food, more associate it with "taste" - 31%, than with "pleasure" - 29%, "hunger" - 27%, "health" - 19% and "necessity" - 15%. As usual with culturally diverse Europe, however, there were wide national variations. Taste came top in Slovakia, Ireland, the Czech Republic, Belgium, Lithuania, Hungary and Italy. But in Greece, pleasure topped the poll. Hunger was on the mind of consumers in Austria, Cyprus, Slovenia, Poland and Spain. In Malta, health was ...
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