Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Willingness to Consume Insect-Based Food Products in Catalonia
| Autor: | Montserrat Pujolà, Zein Kallas, Fawaz El Omar, Reine Khalil, Amira Haddarah |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. Departament d'Enginyeria Agroalimentària i Biotecnologia, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. CREDA - Centre de Recerca en Economia i Desenvolupament Agroalimentari, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. GINEMQUAL - Gestió Integrada de Nematodes Fitoparàsits i dels Efectes sobre el Rendiment i Qualitat de la Collita |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Health (social science)
Consumer acceptance Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) 030309 nutrition & dietetics Plant Science lcsh:Chemical technology Health Professions (miscellaneous) Microbiology Article 03 medical and health sciences Agricultural science 0404 agricultural biotechnology Pandemic Entomophagy edible insects Desenvolupament sostenible Aliments d'origen animal lcsh:TP1-1185 consumer acceptance Multinomial logistic regression Consumption (economics) 0303 health sciences business.industry food Outbreak COVID-19 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Enginyeria agroalimentària::Indústries agroalimentàries [Àrees temàtiques de la UPC] Food safety sustainability 040401 food science humanities Insectes Sustainability Food Food products business Edible insects Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Foods UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) Foods, Vol 10, Iss 805, p 805 (2021) Volume 10 Issue 4 |
| Popis: | Edible insects are being considered as a sustainable source of protein and are continuously appearing in markets in the West. The impact of COVID-19 on the willingness to consume (WTC) two products enriched with insect ingredients, jam and yogurt, was analyzed. A semistructured questionnaire was applied using the Qualtrics© consumer panel. Data was collected from 799 and 481 consumers before and during the COVID-19 lockdown in Catalonia (Spain), respectively. The multinomial logit (MNL) model was used to analyze the determinant factors affecting consumers’ WTC insect-based products and the impact of COVID-19 on such heterogeneity. Results showed that the outbreak of COVID-19 caused a significant decrease in the WTC. Findings also revealed that consumers who contracted the COVID-19, strictly followed the regulations during the confinement, and are well informed about symptoms were more likely to reject the consumption of the insect-based products. Both before and during the lockdown, results showed that young and employed consumers, with low-income level, who give importance to the environmental attribute in food are prone to consume insect-based food products. The COVID-19 outbreak had a homogenizing impact on consumers’ WTC with respect to the gender variable. Consumers’ affirmation towards strict food safety standards of the insect-based products should be remarked. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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