Jackson, P. and Viehoff, V. (2016) Reframing convenience food. Appetite, 98. pp. 1-11. ISSN 0195-6663
Abstract
This paper provides a critical review of recent research on the consumption of ‘convenience’ food, highlighting the contested nature of the term and exploring its implications for public health and environmental sustainability. It distinguishes between convenience food in general and particular types of convenience food, such as ready-meals, tracing the structure and growth of the market for such foods with a particular emphasis on the UK which currently has the highest rate of ready-meal consumption in Europe. Having established the definitional complexities of the term, the paper presents the evidence from a systematic review of the literature, highlighting the significance of convenience food in time-saving and time-shifting, the importance of recent changes in domestic labour and family life, and the way the consumption of convenience food is frequently moralized. The paper shows how current debates about convenience food are part of a longer discursive history about food, health and nutrition. It discusses current levels of public understanding about the links between convenience food, environmental sustainability and food waste. The paper concludes by making a case for understanding the consumption of convenience food in terms of everyday social practices, emphasising its habitual and routine character.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. This is an author produced version of a paper subsequently published in Appetite. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
Keywords: | Convenience food; Ready meals; Health; Sustainability; Theories of practice |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Geography (Sheffield) The University of Sheffield > Sheffield Teaching Hospitals |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS FO0459 |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 31 Mar 2016 15:44 |
Last Modified: | 08 Dec 2016 07:15 |
Published Version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.appet.2015.11.032 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1016/j.appet.2015.11.032 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:97531 |