Direction of merchandise sales using coastal forest resources in Niji-no-Matsubara, Saga Prefecture

From the perspective of eating quality image of deep-fried snacks made with brown sugar using pine needle powder

Abstract

This study is focused on using pine needles as one of the forest resources of coastal forest as food products to perform the evaluation of eating quality image targeting young people for the purpose of finding the direction of appropriate sales of and public relations for deep-fried snacks made with brown sugar using pine needle powder. As a result, it was confirmed that the evaluations of research participants can be classified into potential evaluation scale of ‘rareness,’ ‘safety,’ ‘weight,’ ‘novelty,’ and ‘strength,’ and that the image of safety by using pine needles in particular is effective, and the effectiveness and future direction as a utilization of foodstuffs were found.