Week 1 - NPD Why and How Flashcards

1
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Can you give some reasons for NPD

A

1- Changing consumer needs
2-For competition
3-Changing societal issues (ex perception of food dye)
4-New legislation
5- More knowledgable consumers (education and access to information).
6- Demographical changes (age and immigration).

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2
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Complete the following sentence : A ___ approach is essential to be successful in the food market.

A

consumer-oriented

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3
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How did consumer evaluate quality in the past?

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with the intrinsic factors of food.

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4
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Nowadays, consumers evaluate the quality based on ___ and __ factors

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extrinsic

intrinsic

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5
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Give examples of intrinsic factors

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  1. smell, texture, taste
  2. Appearance, shape, size
  3. Nutritional value
  4. Shelf life
  5. Safety
  6. Packaging
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6
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Give examples extrinsic factors

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  1. organic production
  2. Welfare
  3. Fairtrade
  4. Brand
  5. Conveniencee
  6. Customer service
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7
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What are extrinsic factors?

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It is the things you can’T perceive when you go to the shop because they are external. They are not about the product themselve but from the whole.

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8
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What are intrinsic factors?

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Factors that can be perceived when looking at the food, they are inherent to the food.

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9
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What are the categories of food products

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1- Me too products
2- Repositioned existing products
3- New packaging of existing products
4- Line extensions
5- Reformulated products
6- Other forms of existing products
7-Co innovation
8- Innovative 
9- Creative true new products
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10
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What are me-too products?

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products that are the same but a different brand

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11
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What are repositioned existing products?

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a product that has a repositioned marketing for a property it already had but now the benefit of that property is advertised to consumers (margarine with high vitamin E).

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12
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What kind of product would be a the use of MAP for an already existing product

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New packaging of existing products

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13
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Diet coke would be an example of ____ category of new product

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line extensions

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14
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What is the most common type of new product

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line extensions

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15
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What is reformulate products?

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Existing products that get a new formula without changing the product’s characteristics.

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16
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What could be the reasons for reformulating a product

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  1. reduce the cost
  2. Irregular supply of raw material
  3. Take advantage of the availability of new ingredients
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17
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What is “other forms of existing products” new products?

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It is the change of a product that already exist into another form.
Example, canned soup into dried soups.

18
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What is co-innovation?

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joint effort of two companies to form a new product. Gor example candy bar topped yogourt.

19
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What is innovative new products?

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More rigourous change. These changes in the product must have an added value and solve a problem. An example is the yogourt with a compound to increase satiety.

20
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What type of product is this : This type of products is described as one newly brought into existence, i.e. a never-seen-before product, no look-alikes!

A

Creative products

21
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What are the 7 consumer profiles seen in class

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1-  Health conscious
2- Price conscious
3- Hedonic 
4- Nature and animal loving
5- Variety seeking consumer
6- Environment conscious
7- convenience
22
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What do environment-conscious consumers focus on?

A

sustainability

23
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What are the characteristics of environment-conscious consumers?

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1-prefers unprocessed, regionally produced foods (fresh) that are in season, or
2-foods from short production chains,
3-foods from organic farming,
4-focuses on technological efficiency

24
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What do nature and animal loving consumers focus on?

A

animal welfare

25
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What are the 5 goldenburg’s creativity templates

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  1. Subtraction
  2. Multiplication
  3. Division
  4. Task unification
  5. Attribute dependency change
26
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What are the characteristics of nature and animal-loving consumers

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1- interesting in methods of production
2- concerned about GMO
3- Focus on ethical efficiency

27
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What are the characteristics of health-conscious consumers

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1- prefers products that are in line with the current health trends.

28
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What do health-conscious consumers focus on?

A

health

29
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What do convenience consumers focus on?

A

preparation time

30
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What are the characteristics of convenience consumers

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Characteristics:
●goes for snacks, fast food, take-out meals,
●ready-to-eat meals,
●foods that are easy to prepare,
●restaurant food
31
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What do hedonic consumers focus on?

A

taste

32
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What are the characteristics of the hedonic consumers?

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1- prefer exotic specialities
2- Foods with added value, entertainment and pleasant time
3- restaurant food
4- foods with high sensory qualities

33
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What do price-conscious consumers focus on?

A

money

34
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What are the characteristics of the price-conscious consumers?

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1- prefers homemade meals

2- ingredients of favourable price and quality

35
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What do variety seeking consumers focus on?

A

change

36
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What is the subtraction ?

A

removing of an attribute for example dried milk

37
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What is the multiplication ?

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copy of an existing product component and then alter in some way. for example adding a special comparatiment for strawberry puree in yogourt

38
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What is the division ?

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reconfigure of a product. For example a wok meal that the consumer needs to assemble. Division cna be physicial, functional or for preservation.

39
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What is the task unification ?

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Assign a new, additional task to an existing element of a product. For example ketchup bottle that is upside down and can squeeze precisely the ketchup.

40
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What is the attribute dependency change ?

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Change of an attribute of the product dependant on the environment, ex : coorslight cans.

41
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The use of creativity templates in food product development is particularly useful to get ____ by the consumer because it provides ___

A

more complex products accepted

something familiar

42
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What are the consideration to have a successfull food product

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●Take the consumeras point of departure
●Cater for many different groups of consumers
●Consider that consumers nowadays use a broad concept of product quality
●Keep up with new technological developments
●Source raw materials from all over the planet
●Produce efficiently and effectively (chain approach)