Skip to main content

LUP Student Papers

LUND UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES

Icke-energigivande sötningsmedel i Energidryck

Lindgren, Anette LU and Christensen, Tobias LU (2022) YTHL05 20221
Livsmedelsteknik (kandidat)
Food Science
Abstract
Growing concerns about quality of life and health encourage people to adapt to healthy lifestyles and avoid the consumption of foods rich in fat, sugar, and salt.
For this reason, sales of foods containing non-energy sweeteners have increased drastically in recent years. Consumers drawn to the food on the shelves that says "zero sugar" because we consider it a good alternative. Reducing the energy content of the diet and by that preventing diet-related lifestyle diseases. We have chosen to limit ourselves to energy drinks containing non-energy sweeteners. The purpose of the study was to map the students' attitudes, views and consumption of energy drinks containing non-energy sweeteners. For data collection, focus group interviews followed... (More)
Growing concerns about quality of life and health encourage people to adapt to healthy lifestyles and avoid the consumption of foods rich in fat, sugar, and salt.
For this reason, sales of foods containing non-energy sweeteners have increased drastically in recent years. Consumers drawn to the food on the shelves that says "zero sugar" because we consider it a good alternative. Reducing the energy content of the diet and by that preventing diet-related lifestyle diseases. We have chosen to limit ourselves to energy drinks containing non-energy sweeteners. The purpose of the study was to map the students' attitudes, views and consumption of energy drinks containing non-energy sweeteners. For data collection, focus group interviews followed by a detailed survey was distributed via social media and 55 responses were collected.
The result showed that the knowledge regarding non-energy sweeteners and its impact is very low. What respondents consider important is the taste of the drink and its invigorating effect. How many energy drinks the students consumed varied, this we believe may depend on how today's society looks in terms of eating habits, body ideals and easily accessible information. There is a constant heat and stress around weight loss and body ideals today, where our assumption leaned towards consumers thinking in a similar mindset. The conclusion we can draw after completing the study is that more knowledge is required regarding non-energy
sweeteners. That as a consumer you create a greater interest in getting some knowledge on the topics that you choose to consume, but also that you take part in the recommendations of the producers. (Less)
Please use this url to cite or link to this publication:
author
Lindgren, Anette LU and Christensen, Tobias LU
supervisor
organization
course
YTHL05 20221
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Energidryck, IES, sötningsmedel, Food technology
language
Swedish
id
9085072
date added to LUP
2022-06-08 08:50:34
date last changed
2022-06-08 08:50:34
@misc{9085072,
  abstract     = {{Growing concerns about quality of life and health encourage people to adapt to healthy lifestyles and avoid the consumption of foods rich in fat, sugar, and salt.
For this reason, sales of foods containing non-energy sweeteners have increased drastically in recent years. Consumers drawn to the food on the shelves that says "zero sugar" because we consider it a good alternative. Reducing the energy content of the diet and by that preventing diet-related lifestyle diseases. We have chosen to limit ourselves to energy drinks containing non-energy sweeteners. The purpose of the study was to map the students' attitudes, views and consumption of energy drinks containing non-energy sweeteners. For data collection, focus group interviews followed by a detailed survey was distributed via social media and 55 responses were collected.
The result showed that the knowledge regarding non-energy sweeteners and its impact is very low. What respondents consider important is the taste of the drink and its invigorating effect. How many energy drinks the students consumed varied, this we believe may depend on how today's society looks in terms of eating habits, body ideals and easily accessible information. There is a constant heat and stress around weight loss and body ideals today, where our assumption leaned towards consumers thinking in a similar mindset. The conclusion we can draw after completing the study is that more knowledge is required regarding non-energy 
sweeteners. That as a consumer you create a greater interest in getting some knowledge on the topics that you choose to consume, but also that you take part in the recommendations of the producers.}},
  author       = {{Lindgren, Anette and Christensen, Tobias}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Icke-energigivande sötningsmedel i Energidryck}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}