Knowledge on the Malaysian Food Heritage

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Adilah Md Ramli
Mohd Salehuddin Mohd Zahari
Nurhasmilaalisa Abdul Halim
Mohammed Haidrin Mohamed Aris

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Traditional food was closely associate with food heritage has become a significant role in the life of society. A study examines how far Malaysian knows about their food heritage identity. A total of 500 respondents located in Klang Valley participate in this study. Findings showed that food heritage been defined as traditional food. There is a significant relationship between genders with the definition of food heritage; the association of food heritage questions. The overall finding revealed that respondent understand the definition, the criteria's and type of traditional food associated with food heritage.

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Md Ramli, A., Mohd Zahari, M.S., Abdul Halim, N. and Mohamed Aris, M.H. 2017. Knowledge on the Malaysian Food Heritage. Asian Journal of Quality of Life. 2, 5 (Jan. 2017), 31–42. DOI:https://doi.org/10.21834/ajqol.v2i5.9.

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