Finnish consumers’ intentions to consume insect-based foods
| Autor: | Pertti Väisänen, Outi Vartiainen, Anna-Liisa Elorinne, Mari Niva |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Department of Education, Helsinki Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS) |
| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Entomophagy
030309 nutrition & dietetics theory of planned behaviour WILLINGNESS DETERMINANTS 03 medical and health sciences 0404 agricultural biotechnology acceptability medicine NEOPHOBIA Marketing entomophagy 2. Zero hunger 0303 health sciences MEAT Neophobia Theory of planned behavior ACCEPTANCE 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences medicine.disease insect eating 040401 food science 416 Food Science Insect Science 516 Educational sciences Psychology Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Insects as Food and Feed. 6:261-272 |
| ISSN: | 2352-4588 |
| Popis: | Introducing and increasing the use of insect-based foods as an alternative source of protein has recently aroused academic and commercial interest in Europe. In this research, we examined Finnish consumers’ intentions to consume insect-based foods in the near future. As a theoretical background we used Ajzen’s theory of planned behaviour (TPB), where individuals’ intentions to change their behaviour are affected by their attitude (A), subjective norm (SN) and perceived behavioural control (PBC). The data was obtained by using an online questionnaire and convenience sampling. For measuring TPB-components a self-administered 58-item Likert-type questionnaire was used. Food neophobia (FN) was measured by using the food neophobia scale. Respondents’ (n=564) intentions to consume insect-based foods were explained significantly (80%) by their A (β=0.749, P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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