Table 1 Enriched snack products’ attributes and levels
Attributes | Description | Levels | Code | Reference level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Main ingredients | Main crops from which the products have been produced that accounts for 90% or more of the product contents. | Sweet maize Sorghum-chickpea Maize-chickpea | SM IN1 IN2 | Sweet maize |
Products shape | The physical appearance of the products which resembles the shape of different things. | Spherical Mixed | SHP | Spherical |
Flavor | A particular quality character that gives the product pleasant tastes which were experienced on other natural products. | Tomato Mango | FLV | Tomato |
Nutrition and/or health claim labeling | Providing the consumer with factual information on the nutritional values of the food products and its relation to the consumers’ health by labeling the food products’ packages | Labeled Not labeled | LAB | Not labeled |
Price | The amount of money the consumers pay for each 20 g packet of particular snack products. | 2 ETBa 4 ETB 6 ETB 8 ETB | PRC |