Attitudes of meat consumers in Mexico and Spain about farm animal welfare: A cross-cultural study

Estévez-Moreno, L.X.; María, G. A.; Sepúlveda, Wílmer S.; Villarroel, Morris; Lama, Genaro C. Miranda-de la

doi:10.1016/j.meatsci.2020.108377

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“…Zander and Hamm [48] discuss the relevance of ethical attributes for the marketing of organic foods, including not only environmental aspects of organic food, but also aspects linked with animal welfare. Many research works reported that animal welfare influences people's food decisions [49], particularly when consuming eggs [50], milk [51] or meat [52,53].…”

Section: Food Choices Related With Environmental and Sustainability Issuesmentioning

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Environmental Issues as Drivers for Food Choice: Study from a Multinational Framework

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This work intended to explore some motivations that influence people’s eating habits towards sustainability. This was an observational, cross-sectional study, carried out by questionnaire survey on a non-probabilistic sample of 10,067 participants from 13 countries (Argentina, Brazil, Croatia, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Portugal, Serbia, Slovenia, Romania and United States). Results indicated that people prefer fresh local foods from the season, being important because it allows transportation and storage to be reduced, which in many cases implies refrigeration systems and consequent energy expenditure. Although people avoid food waste at home, the awareness for the waste at restaurants still needs to be improved. Consumers seem to prefer foods that have been produced and packed in sustainable ways but still give importance to the package—understandable for food products. The results also indicated significant differences in the food choice motivations between groups for all sociodemographic variables tested (age, sex, marital status, education, professional area, living environment and country), but the association was high only for variable country. Additionally, a tree classification analysis allowed to identify the relative importance of the influential variables on the sustainable food choices, with country being the most important, followed by age and sex. Additionally, discriminant function analysis allowed establishing a model for the relation between country and six variables accounting for preservation of biodiversity, respect for life, save natural resources, save energy, reduce industrial pollution and minimal packaging. Although with some limitations, this study brings valuable insight into some aspects linked with sustainable food choices on a number of countries and how people shape their food choices according to some sustainability issues.

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Environmental Issues as Drivers for Food Choice: Study from a Multinational Framework

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“…One of the first large cross-cultural studies (n = 3432) in AWA, carried out by in 11 countries across Europe and Asia, reported that female students had greater concerns for animal welfare and rights than males, especially in more gender empowered countries [11]. Another limitation of the cross-sectional literature is the absence of taking into account the social and economic development of the countries in considering AWA (but see [21]). Therefore, we will focus on gender differences with respect to different socioeconomic development.…”

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Animal Welfare Attitudes: Effects of Gender and Diet in University Samples from 22 Countries

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Animal Welfare Attitudes (AWA) are defined as human attitudes towards the welfare of animals in different dimensions and settings. Demographic factors, such as age and gender are associated with AWA. The aim of this study was to assess gender differences among university students in a large convenience sample from twenty-two nations in AWA. A total of 7914 people participated in the study (5155 women, 2711 men, 48 diverse). Participants completed a questionnaire that collected demographic data, typical diet and responses to the Composite Respect for Animals Scale Short version (CRAS-S). In addition, we used a measure of gender empowerment from the Human Development Report. The largest variance in AWA was explained by diet, followed by country and gender. In terms of diet, 6385 participants reported to be omnivores, 296 as pescatarian, 637 ate a vegetarian diet and 434 were vegans (n = 162 without answer). Diet was related with CRAS-S scores; people with a vegan diet scored higher in AWA than omnivores. Women scored significantly higher on AWA than men. Furthermore, gender differences in AWA increased as gender inequality decreased.

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“…AW is the most valued quality label and the one for which consumers are willing to pay a higher premium. Animal welfare is an attribute that has gained a high importance for consumers in the last few years [ 52 , 56 ]. A decade ago, animal welfare was perceived as a desirable condition, but consumers were not willing to pay much more for better animal welfare [ 126 , 127 ].…”

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“…The aim of the conjoint analysis was to determine the relative importance of five attributes related to the purchase of beef in Spain: price, origin, organic certification, animal welfare certification, and protected geographical indication. These attributes were selected because they refer to very relevant aspects in beef production and consumption, and it was intended to verify their contributions to consumer purchase decisions [ 8 , 37 , 47 , 48 , 52 , 55 , 56 , 59 , 64 , 65 , 66 , 67 , 68 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 , 74 , 75 , 76 , 77 , 78 , 79 , 80 , 81 , 82 , 83 , 84 , 85 ].…”

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“…In Spain, these animal welfare (AW) labels are relatively new, but they could acquire great relevance in the market, as they offer the possibility of choosing products obtained through more ethical farming practices but at a more affordable price than that of organic meat [ 54 , 55 ]. However, there is scarce knowledge of the behavior of Spanish consumers towards quality labels, their willingness to pay for a premium and the attributes (both direct and indirect) that determine their purchase decisions [ 56 ].…”

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Beef from Calves Finished with a Diet Based on Concentrate Rich in Agro-Industrial By-Products: Acceptability and Quality Label Preferences in Spanish Meat Consumers

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Requena

Caballero-Villalobos

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Conjoint analysis was used to estimate the relative importance of some of the main extrinsic attributes and quality labels of beef in three Spanish cities (Córdoba, Marbella, and Santa Pola) in a study performed with 300 individuals. Consumers were segmented according to their frequency of consumption. Willingness to pay for different meats was also calculated from the conjoint analysis results. Consumer liking of beef that had been finished with an alternative concentrate rich in agro-industrial by-products and aged for three different durations as compared to conventionally finished beef was also evaluated using the same consumers. The most important attribute for Spanish consumers was the price (28%), followed by origin (25%), animal welfare certification (19%), protected geographical indication (14%), and organic agriculture certification (14%). Most consumers preferred beef from Spain at the lowest possible price and with the highest number of quality labels. Consumers were willing to pay a premium of 1.49, 3.61, and 5.53 EUR over 14 EUR/kg for organic certification, protected geographical indication, and animal welfare certification, respectively. Sensory analysis revealed that, for regular consumers, beef finished with an alternative concentrate rich in agro-industrial by-products offered several hedonic advantages (color, flavor, and tenderness) when compared to beef finished using a conventional diet, while occasional consumers did not find any difference between the two kinds of meat.

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Attitudes of meat consumers in Mexico and Spain about farm animal welfare: A cross-cultural study

Cited by 43 publications

References 62 publications

Environmental Issues as Drivers for Food Choice: Study from a Multinational Framework

Environmental Issues as Drivers for Food Choice: Study from a Multinational Framework

Animal Welfare Attitudes: Effects of Gender and Diet in University Samples from 22 Countries

Beef from Calves Finished with a Diet Based on Concentrate Rich in Agro-Industrial By-Products: Acceptability and Quality Label Preferences in Spanish Meat Consumers

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