Can Consumers Taste the Difference between Canned and Bottled Beers?

Wilcox, Bradley R.; Cruz, Glenn Cordúa y; Neal, Jack A.

doi:10.1080/15428052.2013.798563

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“…Consumer perception is also a factor that must be taken into account when considering a possible change of packaging, as many believe that bottled beer has better quality (Wilcox et al 2013) while some believe that cans, particularly aluminium, may change the taste of beer or pose a health risk (Blanco et al 2010). Furthermore, the economic and social impacts on the glass packaging industry would have to be weighed against the environmental benefits.…”

Section: Improvement Opportunitiesmentioning

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Life cycle environmental impacts and costs of beer production and consumption in the UK

Amienyo

Azapagic

2016

Int J Life Cycle Assess

100

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Purpose Global beer consumption is growing steadily and has recently reached 187.37 billion litres per year. The UK ranked 8th in the world, with 4.5 billion litres of beer produced annually. This paper considers life cycle environmental impacts and costs of beer production and consumption in the UK which are currently unknown. The analysis is carried out for two functional units: (i) production and consumption of 1 l of beer at home and (ii) annual production and consumption of beer in the UK. The system boundary is from cradle to grave. Methods Life cycle impacts have been estimated following the guidelines in ISO 14040/44; the methodology for life cycle costing is congruent with the LCA approach. Primary data have been obtained from a beer manufacturer; secondary data are sourced from the CCaLC, Ecoinvent and GaBi databases. GaBi 4.3 has been used for LCA modelling and the environmental impacts have been estimated according to the CML 2001 method. Results and discussion Depending on the type of packaging (glass bottles, aluminium and steel cans), 1 l of beer requires for example 10.3-17.5 MJ of primary energy and 41.2-41.8 l of water, emits 510-842 g of CO 2 eq. and has the life cycle costs of 12.72-14.37 pence. Extrapolating the results to the annual consumption of beer in the UK translates to a primary energy demand of over 49,600 TJ (0.56 % of UK primary energy consumption), water consumption of 1.85 bn hl (5.3 % of UK demand), emissions of 2.16 mt CO 2 eq. (0.85 % of UK emissions) and the life cycle costs of £553 million (3.2 % of UK beer market value). Production of raw materials is the main hotspot, contributing from 47 to 63 % to the impacts and 67 % to the life cycle costs. The packaging adds 19 to 46 % to the impacts and 13 % to the costs. Conclusions Beer in steel cans has the lowest impacts for five out of 12 impact categories considered: primary energy demand, depletion of abiotic resources, acidification, marine and freshwater toxicity. Bottled beer is the worst option for nine impact categories, including global warming and primary energy demand, but it has the lowest human toxicity potential. Beer in aluminium cans is the best option for ozone layer depletion and photochemical smog but has the highest human and marine toxicity potentials.

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Section: Improvement Opportunitiesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Life cycle environmental impacts and costs of beer production and consumption in the UK

Amienyo

Azapagic

2016

Int J Life Cycle Assess

100

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“…Most consumers buy beer in bottles or cans. Many consumers believe that aluminium cans are of lesser quality than glass bottles in regard to preserving beer (Wilcox et al, 2013). These consumers believe that aluminium could potentially alter the taste of the beer.…”

Section: Packagingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…These consumers believe that aluminium could potentially alter the taste of the beer. However, when consumers were asked to taste beer from bottles and cans and determine the difference, the average consumer could not determine a difference between canned and bottled beers (Wilcox et al, 2013). Although it has been determined that consumers cannot detect a difference between canned and bottled beers, packaging was still included in this study as it was discussed in depth during the preliminary focus group.…”

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confidence: 99%

Females' attitude and preference for beer: a conjoint analysis study

Muggah

McSweeney

2017

Int J of Food Sci Tech

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Summary In order to sustain the fast‐expanding beer industry, companies need to attract new female consumers. The main objective of this study was to identify the extrinsic and intrinsic attributes that drive female consumers' purchase of beer. A literature review and focus group (n = 6) were conducted, and six attributes were identified as purchase drivers of beer. These attributes included flavour, appearance (colour), packaging, brand, production methods and beer style. These attributes were used to design a choice‐based conjoint analysis survey. The survey was administered to 277 females (aged 35.09 ± 15.2) residing in Nova Scotia (Canada). The results indicated that sweetness has a positive effect on liking. Bitterness has a strong negative effect on liking of beer. Black colour, stouts and macro‐brewed beers also had negative effects on liking of beer products. The consumer clusters showed that generally all of the consumer groups liked sweet beers with low bitterness.

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“…The aim of this study is to explore consumers' preference for beer in the Vietnamese market, using a hypothetical choice experiment (CE) approach. Beer is one of the most widely consumed alcoholic beverages around the world accounting for about 78% of the alcohol beverage drinks share (Gómez-Corona et al, 2016), it is also believed to be the oldest drink (Wilcox, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…The effects of the intrinsic attributes (e.g., aroma, carbonation, foam) on consumer preference for beer have been analyzed extensively applying a sensorial approach used to test products (e.g., Cardello et al, 2016;Wilcox, 2013;Guinard et al, 1998;Sester et al, 2013). Extrinsic cues such as beer brand, price, packaging format and distribution channel have also been investigated in recent studies (see Aquilani et al, 2015 for a review).…”

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The role of packaging format, alcohol level and brand in consumer’s choice of beer: A best-worst scaling multi-profile approach

Nguyen

Thanh

Solgaard

et al. 2018

Food Quality and Preference

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Although beer is widely consumed around the world and has the largest market share among alcoholic beverages, there is a paucity of studies on consumers' preferences for beer compared to wine. In this study, consumers were asked to select the best and worst favorable beer from choice sets of a labeled choice experiment, in which choice options were labeled by brand names. Data collected from face-to-face interviews with Vietnamese beer-drinkers were used to estimate latentclass ranking logit models with alternative specific-effects, i.e. consumers' preferences for beer attributes are allowed to vary between beer brands and across four segments. In general, consumers prefer international brands to local ones, possibly due to sales promotion effects, experience, brand image or reflecting the mental representation. Consumers' favors for packaging format (canned vs. bottled beer) are subject to brands and are heterogeneous across segments. Surprisingly, alcohol percent has the least significant effects on the choice. The paper also discusses the implication of the findings for policy making and business strategy development.

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Can Consumers Taste the Difference between Canned and Bottled Beers?

Cited by 5 publications

References 17 publications

Life cycle environmental impacts and costs of beer production and consumption in the UK

Life cycle environmental impacts and costs of beer production and consumption in the UK

Females' attitude and preference for beer: a conjoint analysis study

The role of packaging format, alcohol level and brand in consumer’s choice of beer: A best-worst scaling multi-profile approach

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