Completing the food waste management loop: Is there market potential for value-added surplus products (VASP)?

McCarthy, Breda; Kapetanaki, Ariadne Beatrice; Wang, Pengji

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.120435

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“…Concurrently, in the last three years, a small body of academic literature has also emerged. Studies conducted in the United States and Europe show that consumer acceptance for upcycled foods can be shaped by understanding and guiding consumers' evaluation of these foods [2][3][4][5][6][7]11,13,15]. The findings of this study reinforce emerging awareness and positive consumer sentiments about upcycled foods.…”

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confidence: 61%

Retail Potential for Upcycled Foods: Evidence from New Zealand

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Food waste is a problem that manifests throughout the food supply chain. A promising solution that can mitigate the food waste problem across various stages of the food supply chain is upcycling food ingredients that would otherwise be wasted by converting them into new upcycled food products. This research explores perception of upcycled foods from a panel of 1001 frequent shoppers at a large grocery retailer in New Zealand. Findings from this research uncover several hitherto unexamined aspects of consumers’ evaluations of upcycled foods. These include consumers’ indications about shelf placements of upcycled foods, willingness to buy upcycled foods for people or pets other than themselves, and consumers’ preferences about information pertaining to these foods. This research advances our understanding of how consumers perceive upcycled foods and provides actionable insights to practitioners in the food industry.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 61%

Retail Potential for Upcycled Foods: Evidence from New Zealand

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“…Many solutions have been offered to make food chains more sustainable. A promising solution to food waste is a new category of foods termed upcycled foods (Aschemann‐Witzel & Peschel, 2019; Bhatt et al, 2018; Bhatt et al, 2020; McCarthy et al, 2020). While these foods have many benefits for the environment, little is known about how to market these foods.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Past research has done some investigation on a promising solution to reduce food waste—a newly developed variety of foods called upcycled foods (Aschemann‐Witzel & Peschel, 2019; Bhatt et al, 2018; Bhatt, Ye, Deutsch, Ayaz, & Suri, 2020; McCarthy, Kapetanaki, & Wang, 2020). Upcycled foods are made from food ingredients that have nutritious value and are usable but generally discarded.…”

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confidence: 99%

Addressing food waste: How to position upcycled foods to different generations

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Bhatt

et al. 2020

J of Consumer Behaviour

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Food waste is a global crisis that paradoxically exists alongside food scarcity. A promising solution to these connected problems of food insecurity and food waste is upcycled foods. Upcycled foods are made from ingredients that are usable but generally discarded. While upcycled foods can help reduce food waste, little is known about the best market strategy for these foods. This research investigates how consumers from different generations perceive upcycled foods. Our findings show that Gen Z, Gen Y, and Baby Boomers have higher intentions to purchase upcycled foods while Gen X shows lower intentions to purchase because of quality concerns. The present research also explores lifestyle patterns of each generation. Based on lifestyle analyses, positioning strategies for upcycled foods are proposed.

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“…Only a limited number of case studies have been reported in the literature linked to economic aspects, mostly related to municipal FLW management (De Menna et al, 2018). Thus, the economic factor has been considered from a market perspective (McCarthy et al, 2020); the economy and the environmental hierarchy (Redlingshöfer et al, 2020;García-Herrero et al, 2018), from a life cycle cost thinking approach (De Menna et al, 2018) or combining LCA and life cycle costing (LCC) (De Menna et al, 2020;Slorach et al, 2019). The social scope has been studied to include important aspects, such as food security, food safety and nutrition.…”

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confidence: 99%