An effective launching of pro-health food on market should be based on a deep knowledge of the target consumers. The study aimed at investigation of attitudes of diabetics toward food enriched with bioactive compounds and effect of diabetes diagnosis on the issue was studied by their comparison with healthy people’s attitudes. The research was conducted by the survey method. The diabetic persons were randomly selected; purposive sampling was applied for healthy people to obtain similar socio-demographic characteristics of both groups. Diabetics claimed knowledge on health benefits of inulin, stevia and mulberry (70%) but their self-estimation of that knowledge did not correspond with the actual state. Fortified food aroused positive emotions in 28% of the participants; however, food was regarded as “unnatural” by over 30%. The low percentage of diabetics bought food with the compounds and searched for information about them on labels. Despite declarations concerning the increased interest in the food issue after diabetes diagnosis (94%), the limited actual knowledge of pro-health food benefits can cause distrust while purchasing such food.
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