Acta Scientiarum Polonorum Technologia Alimentaria

Abstract The aim of the study was to assess the relation between preferences, frequency of consumption of dairy products and quantity of their consumption among adolescents aged 13-15. A total of 449 adolescents1997 participated in the survey. The dairy products preferred the most and the most frequently consumed by adolescents included fruit-fermented milk beverages, ripening cheeses, milk and milk homogenous cheeses. The consumption of dairy products was too small. The declared preferences of milk and milk products did not correlate with the average consumption, except for milk and milk beverages. The greatest differences between the preferences, the frequency of consumption, the average consumption and the percentage of persons eating product was indicated in the case of fermented milk beverages.