期刊
FOODS
卷 11, 期 19, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/foods11193059
关键词
plant-based foods; consumer research; preference segments; product category; milk; cheese; fish; meat
资金
- New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research Limited
- New Zealand Ministry for Business, Innovation Employment
This study surveyed consumers from the USA, Australia, Singapore, and India regarding their willingness to consume 5 types of plant-based foods. The results showed distinct clusters of consumers with different patterns of willingness to consume. Emotional, conceptual, and situational use characterizations also influenced willingness to consume. The study emphasizes the importance of understanding that consumers are not homogenous in their willingness to consume plant-based foods, and that it varies across food categories.
A survey of willingness to consume (WTC) 5 types of plant-based (PB) food was conducted in USA, Australia, Singapore and India (n = 2494). In addition to WTC, emotional, conceptual and situational use characterizations were obtained. Results showed a number of distinct clusters of consumers with different patterns of WTC for PB foods within different food categories. A large group of consumers did not discriminate among PB foods across the various food categories. Six smaller, but distinct clusters of consumers had specific patterns of WTC across the examined food categories. In general, PB Milk and, to a much lesser extent, PB Cheese had highest WTC ratings. PB Fish had the lowest WTC, and two PB meat products had intermediate WTC. Emotional, conceptual and situational use characterizations exerted significant lifts/penalties on WTC. No penalty or lifts were imparted on WTC by the situational use of 'moving my diet in a sustainable direction', whereas uses related to 'when I want something I like' and 'when I want something healthy' generally imparted WTC lifts across clusters and food categories. The importance of this research for the study of PB foods is its demonstration that consumers are not monolithic in their willingness to consume these foods and that WTC is often a function of the food category of the PB food.
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