A Review of the Literature on Food Values and Their Potential Implications for Consumers' Food Decision Processes

This article offers a semi-systematic literature review on the concept of food values. Specifically, 36 relevant research articles were analyzed. The results underscore the novelty and rapid popularity of this concept in different professional, scientific, and academic fields. Among the findings, the article highlights how the concept of food values has evolved to accommodate the features and behaviors of specific markets. Nonetheless, one can group food values into three distinct clusters. This article expands our understanding on the evolution of food values along different dimensions (various clusters and segments related to geographic regions and social classes). It also identifies several research gaps and translates them into different research proposals.

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This article provides a semi-systematic literature review on the concept of food values based on the analysis of 36 relevant research articles. The results highlight the novelty and rapid popularity of this concept in different fields. The study shows how the concept has evolved to adapt to specific market features and behaviors. Three distinct clusters of food values are identified. The article expands our understanding on the evolution of food values along various dimensions and proposes further research.