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T1 Edible Insects: Perceptions of Marketing, Economic, and Social Aspects among Citizens of Different Countries
A1 Guiné, Raquel P. F.
A1 Florença, Sofia G.
A1 Costa, Cristina A.
A1 Correia, Paula M. R.
A1 Cruz-Lopes, Luísa
A1 Esteves, Bruno
A1 Ferreira, Manuela
A1 Fragata, Anabela
A1 Cardoso, Ana P.
A1 Campos, Sofia
A1 Anjos, Ofélia
A1 Bartkiene, Elena
A1 Djekic, Ilija
A1 Matran, Irina M.
A1 Čulin, Jelena
A1 Klava, Dace
A1 Chuck-Hernández, Cristina
A1 Korzeniowska, Malgorzata
A1 Boustani, Nada M.
A1 Papageorgiou, Maria
A1 Prieto Gutiérrez, Bernardo
A1 Černelič-Bizjak, Maša
A1 Damarli, Emel
A1 Ferreira, Vanessa
A2 Tecnologia de los Alimentos
K1 Tecnología de los alimentos
K1 Insect consumption
K1 Economy
K1 Social impact
K1 Questionnaire survey
K1 Marketing
K1 3309 Tecnología de Los Alimentos
AB [EN] Because edible insects (EI) have been, in recent years, recommended as a nutritious animal protein food with enormous environmental advantages over other sources of animal protein for human consumption, studies aimed at investigating the consumer perspective have become more prominent. Hence, this study intended to examine the perceptions of participants from different countries about the commercialization and economic and social impacts of edible insects. The study was made using a questionnaire survey, and data were collected in Brazil, Croatia, Greece, Latvia, Lebanon, Lithuania, Mexico, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia, Spain, and Turkey. The final number of received answers was 7222 participants. For the treatment of the results, different statistical techniques were used: factor analysis, internal reliability by Cronbach’s alpha, cluster analysis, ANOVA to test differences between groups, and Chi-square tests. The results obtained confirmed the validity of the scale, constituted by 12 out of the 14 items initially considered, distributed by 4 factors: the first related to the economic impact of EIs, the second related to the motivation for consumption of EIs, the third related to the places of purchase of EIs, and the fourth corresponding to a question presented to the participants as a false statement. A cluster analysis allowed identifying three clusters, with significant differences between them according to all the sociodemographic variables tested. Also, it was found that the participants expressed an exceptionally high level of agreement with aspects such as the difficulty in finding EIs on sale, knowledge acting as a strong motivator for EI consumption, and the role of personalities and influencers in increasing the will to consume EIs. Finally, practically all sociodemographic variables were found to be significantly associated with perceptions (country, sex, education, living environment, and income), but not age. In conclusion, the perceptions about EI commercialization were investigated and revealed differences among samples originating from different countries. Moreover, the sociodemographic characteristics of the participants were found to be strongly associated with their perceptions
PB MDPI
LK https://hdl.handle.net/10612/19951
UL https://hdl.handle.net/10612/19951
NO Guiné, R. P. F., Florença, S. G., Costa, C. A., Correia, P. M. R., Cruz-Lopes, L., Esteves, B., Ferreira, M., Fragata, A., Cardoso, A. P., Campos, S., Anjos, O., Bartkiene, E., Djekic, I., Matran, I. M., Čulin, J., Klava, D., Chuck-Hernández, C., Korzeniowska, M., Boustani, N. M., et al. (2023). Edible Insects: Perceptions of Marketing, Economic, and Social Aspects among Citizens of Different Countries. Foods, 12(23). https://doi.org/10.3390/FOODS12234229
DS BULERIA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de León
RD 26-jun-2024