I can see you don't agree with the labelling system and you make a good point with regards to the definition of diabetic foods, but going back to the original question, do you see the two terms as meaning the same thing or not?@QR93
These are both advertising ploys and onceyou have ascertined your dietary requirements and the nutritional contents of the foods should be seen as such!
- Foods that have 'Diabetic' written on the packaging (usually in big writing on the front).
- Foods that are reduced in sugar and have "Suitable for Diabetics" written somewhere on the packaging.
after all, most foods have a problem in controlling their insulin, so a stick of celery or a "mars bar" are probably able to be labelled diabetic.
Also what is "Suitble for diabetics" is outside the dictat of a marketing lackey as for a T1 at a BG of 2.6, a slab of "Kendal Mint Cake" is suitable for diabetics, if only to correct the hypo!
I thought these questions had been flogged to death in your other thread.
Are you doing market research rather than a project?
The questions from this and your other thread seem to be going around in circles.
You have an overwhelming majority of posters that do not eat diabetic food because it is not suitable for diabetics. No amount of different labelling is going to make any difference to their choice.
If you asked how many non diabetics buy diabetic foods for relatives and friends, on another forum where nobody is diabetic, then the answers would tell you who and you could market accordingly.
I can see you don't agree with the labelling system and you make a good point with regards to the definition of diabetic foods, but going back to the original question, do you see the two terms as meaning the same thing or not?
Sorry - I am just trying to keep the thread on track and concise. I appreciate your input CollieBoy
I didn't ask this question on the other thread but some respondents did diverge into discussing definitions so I can see why it looks like that. That thread was just to ascertain beliefs and attitudes towards these foods but there were tangents here and there touching on this thread. Here I am trying to be very specific and see if people view these very specific terms as being different or the same as these are the commonly used terms on packaging.
Subtle wording changes can have an impact:
I.e. "Diabetic" written in big writing on the front may imply that this food is made only for people with diabetes whilst "Suitable for diabetics" written on the packet may imply that in fact anyone can eat it, including people with diabetes.
But the vast majority of responses on your other (long, winding) thread made very clear that they wouldn't touch foods labelled 'diabetic' with a 10 foot barge pole.
So your second thread seems pointless.
You would do better to target non-diabetics and see if THEY would like to eat these foods.
They both mean the same but I can see how some people would think one was better than the other but Diabetic labelled food is unessesaryEven if you wouldn't touch it you can still tell me if you see the labeling terms as being different or not.
I would like to clarify the point of the project is not to see if people would like to eat these foods. The purpose is to see why they do or do not eat them. So everyone who has said they wouldn't touch these foods would still be able to do the survey, one example being that they disagree with the statement that diabetic foods are healthy. I hope that makes sense.
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