Journal
FOODS
Volume 11, Issue 5, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/foods11050718
Keywords
food pleasure; food reward; food pleasure scale; profiling; segment; consumer science
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- university partnership Denmark-China, Sino Danish Centre (SDC) within the 'Food and Health Research Theme', Aarhus, Denmark [33905]
- Aarhus University Graduate School of Technical Sciences (GSTS), Aarhus, Denmark [33946]
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This study investigates the differences in food pleasure drivers among Danish consumers and examines how these differences are related to specific sociodemographic, lifestyle, health, and eating behavior personality traits. The results reveal that different consumer segments have distinct characteristics in terms of food pleasure. Additionally, the study uncovers the link between mental health, personality, eating behavior, and perceived food pleasure.
A greater comprehension of factors contributing to pleasure from food-related experiences could increase understanding of underlying processes around different eating behaviours. We explored drivers of food pleasure and whether certain consumer characteristics were associated with specific food pleasure profiles. This study aimed to investigate (1) how Danish consumers vary in terms of primary drivers of food pleasure, and (2) how differences in food pleasure are related to specific sociodemographic, lifestyle, health and eating behavioural personality traits. Three-hundred and fifty-five respondents (mean age 33.3 years) rated the importance of different drivers of food pleasure, along with sociodemographic, lifestyle, health and eating behaviour variables. Segmentation analysis was performed based on emerging food pleasure dimensions, and profiling of segments was conducted by multivariate regression analysis and calculations of odds ratios. The results demonstrated that five specific consumer segments could be defined, 'Sensory-pleasure Seekers' (50%), 'Internal-pleasure Seekers' (34%), 'Contextual-pleasure Seekers' (17%), 'Exploratory-pleasure seekers' (13%) and 'Confirming-pleasure seekers' (5%), each with specific characteristics. Importantly, this research indicates that a link between mental health, personality, eating behaviour and perceived food pleasure is evident. These insights contribute to the comprehension of the complex nature of food choices of importance to accommodating public health issues.
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