Consumer Intention towards Buying Edible Beef Offal and the Relevance of Food Neophobia
Enhancing the willingness to eat edible offal can be a valuable strategy to mitigate the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions related to growing meat production and to provide food with high protein content to a growing global population. Although some edible offal is considered delicacies, we hardly find...
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| description | Enhancing the willingness to eat edible offal can be a valuable strategy to mitigate the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions related to growing meat production and to provide food with high protein content to a growing global population. Although some edible offal is considered delicacies, we hardly find such foods in Western countries’ everyday diet, and their human consumption has decreased during the last decades. This study analyses the consumer purchase intention of BEEF edible offal using an extended version of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), where food neophobia and food disgust sensitivity play an essential role in determining consumers’ willingness to eat beef edible offal. An online survey was conducted among a sample of Italian adult regular meat eaters (<i>n</i> = 720), stratified by age, gender, education and residence. The results showed a direct negative impact of food neophobia on the intention to consume offal. Further, we were able to quantify a negative indirect impact of food neophobia on intention through the mediation of food disgust sensitivity and attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control, which all exert an essential role in determining the willingness to consume beef edible offal. We found that the mediated impact of food neophobia on the intention to consume beef offal is much higher than the direct impact. In conclusion, recommendations and implications, such as promoting cooking shows with celebrity chefs, new products or new packaging of edible offal, were developed based on the results to increase edible beef consumption. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-f194f2cd805546b983ba11f0f70d22fa2023-11-18T10:24:21ZengMDPI AGFoods2304-81582023-06-011212234010.3390/foods12122340Consumer Intention towards Buying Edible Beef Offal and the Relevance of Food NeophobiaMaria Sabbagh0Luciano Gutierrez1Roberto Lai2Giuseppe Nocella3Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, ItalyDepartment of Agricultural Sciences, University of Sassari, 07100 Sassari, ItalyCooperativa Produttori Arborea—Società Agricola, 09092 Arborea, ItalyDepartment of Applied Economics and Marketing, School of Agriculture, Policy and Development, University of Reading, Reading RG6 6UR, UKEnhancing the willingness to eat edible offal can be a valuable strategy to mitigate the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions related to growing meat production and to provide food with high protein content to a growing global population. Although some edible offal is considered delicacies, we hardly find such foods in Western countries’ everyday diet, and their human consumption has decreased during the last decades. This study analyses the consumer purchase intention of BEEF edible offal using an extended version of the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB), where food neophobia and food disgust sensitivity play an essential role in determining consumers’ willingness to eat beef edible offal. An online survey was conducted among a sample of Italian adult regular meat eaters (<i>n</i> = 720), stratified by age, gender, education and residence. The results showed a direct negative impact of food neophobia on the intention to consume offal. Further, we were able to quantify a negative indirect impact of food neophobia on intention through the mediation of food disgust sensitivity and attitudes, subjective norms and perceived behavioural control, which all exert an essential role in determining the willingness to consume beef edible offal. We found that the mediated impact of food neophobia on the intention to consume beef offal is much higher than the direct impact. In conclusion, recommendations and implications, such as promoting cooking shows with celebrity chefs, new products or new packaging of edible offal, were developed based on the results to increase edible beef consumption.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/12/12/2340edible offalfood neophobiafood disgust sensitivitytheory of planned behaviourconsumption |
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| title | Consumer Intention towards Buying Edible Beef Offal and the Relevance of Food Neophobia |
| title_full | Consumer Intention towards Buying Edible Beef Offal and the Relevance of Food Neophobia |
| title_fullStr | Consumer Intention towards Buying Edible Beef Offal and the Relevance of Food Neophobia |
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| title_short | Consumer Intention towards Buying Edible Beef Offal and the Relevance of Food Neophobia |
| title_sort | consumer intention towards buying edible beef offal and the relevance of food neophobia |
| topic | edible offal food neophobia food disgust sensitivity theory of planned behaviour consumption |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/12/12/2340 |
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