Consumer and Food Product Determinants of Food Wasting: A Case Study on Chicken Meat

Autor: Kyara Botterman, Fien Minnens, Brecht Devleesschauwer, Lieselot Boone, Jo Dewulf, Yung Hung, Wim Verbeke, Margot Cooreman-Algoed, Sue Ellen Taelman
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
Předmět:
Agriculture and Food Sciences
Organic product
020209 energy
Geography
Planning and Development
packaging
Social Sciences
TJ807-830
consumer behaviour
02 engineering and technology
010501 environmental sciences
Management
Monitoring
Policy and Law
Shelf life
TD194-195
01 natural sciences
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
Renewable energy sources
Environmental health
0202 electrical engineering
electronic engineering
information engineering
medicine
GE1-350
Wasting
Consumer behaviour
0105 earth and related environmental sciences
FOCUS
BARRIERS
Environmental effects of industries and plants
Renewable Energy
Sustainability and the Environment
poultry
digestive
oral
and skin physiology
sustainability
Purchasing
Product (business)
Environmental sciences
Food waste
food waste
Sustainability
Business
medicine.symptom
chicken meat
BEHAVIOR
Zdroj: Sustainability, Vol 13, Iss 7027, p 7027 (2021)
SUSTAINABILITY
Sustainability
Volume 13
Issue 13
ISSN: 2071-1050
Popis: Food wastage is an environmental concern worldwide, particularly regarding households. This study aims to identify household food wasting segments and to assess the relationship between both consumer and food product determinants and the identified segments. Data were collected through a consumer survey of several packaged chicken products (n = 256
2019) in a retail setting in Belgium. Of the participants, 36% reported never wasting any chicken meat. The average waste percentages were small, 1.1–3.1%, depending on the packaged product, although they were not significantly different between products. Participants with low levels of self-reported chicken waste were significantly older, without children and/or unemployed. Moreover, their households scored better for household routines and skills. They also agreed more to intend not to waste food, experienced a stronger injunctive norm and perceived consumer effectiveness. Additionally, lower chicken product wastage was discovered for households purchasing organic products and products with both a lower food convenience grade and shorter shelf life. Some relationships between household wastage and food product determinants contrast with expectations based on literature. The cause can be that some determinants are more related to food wasting (e.g., when participants buy organic products) than others (e.g., the products’ shelf life).
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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