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Tesi etd-04062017-122327


Tipo di tesi
Tesi di laurea magistrale
Autore
FRANCESCATO, MARCO
URN
etd-04062017-122327
Titolo
The gluten-free products market. The AlpiPan S.r.l. case.
Dipartimento
ECONOMIA E MANAGEMENT
Corso di studi
STRATEGIA, MANAGEMENT E CONTROLLO
Relatori
relatore Prof.ssa Tarabella, Angela
Parole chiave
  • functional products
  • gluten
  • allergies
  • food innovation
  • AlpiPan
  • market
  • Gluten-free
Data inizio appello
08/05/2017
Consultabilità
Completa
Riassunto
This work focuses on a particular category of functional products: the gluten-free products. They are the only resource for those who suffer from celiac disease and so have to follow a gluten-free diet. Aside from this aspect, the gluten-free products are also consumed by other categories of consumers. The gluten-free products, like all of the functional products, are perceived to be healthier than their counterparts. For this reason the market for gluten-free products has grown rapidly and is going to double in the next few years, as some previsions said.
In this examination of the gluten-free products we start from defining the celiac disease, then we study the regulatory framework at European level and we analyze the gluten-free market. Finally we analyse an example of a SME that produces and sells gluten-free products in Europe: AlpiPan.
By doing this overview on the gluten-free products, we try to keep in mind a question: Do we have to consider the gluten-free market growth simply a fad?
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