The objective of this article is to offer an overall view of eating habits in Brazilian homes from the point of view of the population. Empirical research made use of qualitative and quantitative methods based on a probabilistic home sample. The results presented here concentrate on the system of meals and are discussed in the light of various theses concerning the trends of contemporary alimentation. These trends include individualized meals, gastro-anomie and homogenized taste.
Brazilian eating habits; contemporary eating tendencies; sociology of eating; system of meals
