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Area of Science:

  • Food Science
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Sustainability Studies

Background:

  • EU organic regulation primarily addresses agricultural production, with limited scope on processing.
  • Private organic standards offer more detailed processing guidelines.
  • Practitioner insights are crucial for advancing organic processing standards.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To explore practitioner perspectives on organic juice processing quality.
  • To understand how companies assess processing techniques and product quality.
  • To investigate information flow between organic juice producers and consumers.

Main Methods:

  • Semi-structured expert interviews with nine employees from seven organic juice processing companies in Germany and Austria.
  • Thematic analysis of interview data.

Main Results:

  • Practitioner understanding of organic process quality encompasses the entire food chain, including social and environmental sustainability, exceeding EU regulation scope.
  • Preference for directly bottled, local juices exists, but concentrates from exotic raw materials are accepted due to environmental considerations.
  • Cloudy organic juice with natural variations is favored as an indicator of natural quality.
  • Low consumer food literacy presents challenges in communicating juice processing information.

Conclusions:

  • Organic processing quality is perceived more holistically by practitioners than by current EU regulations.
  • Balancing consumer preference, environmental concerns, and processing realities is key in organic juice production.
  • Enhancing consumer food literacy could lead to greater demand for less processed organic juices.