Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability

Field	Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Subfield	Food Science
Domain	Life Sciences
OpenAlex	T12583

Smeal faculty

• Fan Zou - score 2.0
• Jillian Hmurovic - score 1.0
• Courtney Szocs - score 1.0
• Lina Wang - score 1.0

Papers

• The Self-Perception Connection: Why Consumers Devalue Unattractive Produce (2018) - cites 199
• When imperfect is preferred: the differential effect of aesthetic imperfections on choice of processed and unprocessed foods (2021) - cites 55
• Reducing Food Waste in U.S. Food Banks: The Role of Distribution Strategies (2025) - cites 3
• Mitigating the Effect of Product Variety on Consumer-Level Food Waste (2025) - cites 1
• Food Waste in Online Grocery Platforms: Operational Drivers and Evidence from Indonesia (2025) - cites 0