Cargando…
Nutritional Implications of Trade-Offs Between Fresh and Processed Potato Products in the United Kingdom (UK)
The UK ranks eleven among world potato producing countries with annual per capita production of about 102 kg. Since 2007, the price of potatoes has increased by 44 per cent and UK households have shown a decreasing trend on their purchases of potatoes. At the same time, retailers and manufacturers h...
Autores principales: | , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
Frontiers Media S.A.
2021
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7830520/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33505984 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2020.614176 |
_version_ | 1783641434275971072 |
---|---|
author | Dogbe, Wisdom Revoredo-Giha, Cesar |
author_facet | Dogbe, Wisdom Revoredo-Giha, Cesar |
author_sort | Dogbe, Wisdom |
collection | PubMed |
description | The UK ranks eleven among world potato producing countries with annual per capita production of about 102 kg. Since 2007, the price of potatoes has increased by 44 per cent and UK households have shown a decreasing trend on their purchases of potatoes. At the same time, retailers and manufacturers have been introducing processed potato products, which also has affected the demand for fresh potatoes. This has shifted demand from fresh potatoes to processed potatoes suggesting that consumers substitute fresh potatoes for processed ones. However, the extent to which this affect individual weekly nutritional composition is unknown. The objective of this study is to estimate the nutritional trade-offs between fresh and processed potatoes consumed in the UK using home scanner panel dataset for Great Britain in 2018. Price and expenditure elasticities were estimated using the linearized version of the Exact Affine Stone Index (EASI) Demand System. Using estimated elasticities, we analyzed the implications of substituting fresh potatoes for processed potatoes on nutrient intake. The results, in terms of the degree of substitution between fresh potatoes and processed potato products, suggest that consumers consider new potatoes baby and baking potatoes as substitutes for mashed potatoes. Maris piper potatoes and new potatoes baby are substitutes for frozen chips and other potatoes whilst white old potatoes and other vegetables and salads are complements to frozen chips and other potatoes. Finally, price reductions in the processed potatoes will increase average weekly caloric intake as well as the intakes of saturated fat and sodium. The latter has implications for public health as they are the major causes of cardiovascular diseases and certain cancers. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-7830520 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2021 |
publisher | Frontiers Media S.A. |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-78305202021-01-26 Nutritional Implications of Trade-Offs Between Fresh and Processed Potato Products in the United Kingdom (UK) Dogbe, Wisdom Revoredo-Giha, Cesar Front Nutr Nutrition The UK ranks eleven among world potato producing countries with annual per capita production of about 102 kg. Since 2007, the price of potatoes has increased by 44 per cent and UK households have shown a decreasing trend on their purchases of potatoes. At the same time, retailers and manufacturers have been introducing processed potato products, which also has affected the demand for fresh potatoes. This has shifted demand from fresh potatoes to processed potatoes suggesting that consumers substitute fresh potatoes for processed ones. However, the extent to which this affect individual weekly nutritional composition is unknown. The objective of this study is to estimate the nutritional trade-offs between fresh and processed potatoes consumed in the UK using home scanner panel dataset for Great Britain in 2018. Price and expenditure elasticities were estimated using the linearized version of the Exact Affine Stone Index (EASI) Demand System. Using estimated elasticities, we analyzed the implications of substituting fresh potatoes for processed potatoes on nutrient intake. The results, in terms of the degree of substitution between fresh potatoes and processed potato products, suggest that consumers consider new potatoes baby and baking potatoes as substitutes for mashed potatoes. Maris piper potatoes and new potatoes baby are substitutes for frozen chips and other potatoes whilst white old potatoes and other vegetables and salads are complements to frozen chips and other potatoes. Finally, price reductions in the processed potatoes will increase average weekly caloric intake as well as the intakes of saturated fat and sodium. The latter has implications for public health as they are the major causes of cardiovascular diseases and certain cancers. Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-01-11 /pmc/articles/PMC7830520/ /pubmed/33505984 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2020.614176 Text en Copyright © 2021 Dogbe and Revoredo-Giha. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Nutrition Dogbe, Wisdom Revoredo-Giha, Cesar Nutritional Implications of Trade-Offs Between Fresh and Processed Potato Products in the United Kingdom (UK) |
title | Nutritional Implications of Trade-Offs Between Fresh and Processed Potato Products in the United Kingdom (UK) |
title_full | Nutritional Implications of Trade-Offs Between Fresh and Processed Potato Products in the United Kingdom (UK) |
title_fullStr | Nutritional Implications of Trade-Offs Between Fresh and Processed Potato Products in the United Kingdom (UK) |
title_full_unstemmed | Nutritional Implications of Trade-Offs Between Fresh and Processed Potato Products in the United Kingdom (UK) |
title_short | Nutritional Implications of Trade-Offs Between Fresh and Processed Potato Products in the United Kingdom (UK) |
title_sort | nutritional implications of trade-offs between fresh and processed potato products in the united kingdom (uk) |
topic | Nutrition |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7830520/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33505984 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2020.614176 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT dogbewisdom nutritionalimplicationsoftradeoffsbetweenfreshandprocessedpotatoproductsintheunitedkingdomuk AT revoredogihacesar nutritionalimplicationsoftradeoffsbetweenfreshandprocessedpotatoproductsintheunitedkingdomuk |