Finnish consumers’ intentions to consume insect-based foods

Vartiainen, Outi; Elorinne, Anna-Liisa; Niva, Mari; Väisänen, Pertti

doi:10.3920/jiff2019.0042

Cited by 36 publications

(52 citation statements)

References 34 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…The most frequently investigated factor affecting the acceptance of insects as food is gender, a variable known to have an effect on dietary habits ( 37 , 110 ). Of the 119 studies reviewed, 52 examined gender ( 2 , 36 , 37 , 39 , 41 , 42 , 44 , 49 , 51 , 55 , 56 , 58 , 61 , 62 , 64 – 67 , 69 , 71 – 74 , 76 , 77 , 83 , 84 , 86 , 87 , 92 – 94 , 96 , 97 , 99 – 101 , 104 – 109 , 111 – 117 ). Of those 52 studies, 71.2% identified masculinity as a positive influence on acceptance of insects as food ( 2 , 36 , 41 , 44 , 51 , 55 , 58 , 61 , 62 , 65 – 67 , 69 , 71 , 76 , 77 , 83 , 84 , 86 , 87 , 92 – 94 , 96 , 97 , 99 – 101 , 104 , 105 , 112 , 114 ...…”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Of the 119 studies reviewed, 52 examined gender ( 2 , 36 , 37 , 39 , 41 , 42 , 44 , 49 , 51 , 55 , 56 , 58 , 61 , 62 , 64 – 67 , 69 , 71 – 74 , 76 , 77 , 83 , 84 , 86 , 87 , 92 – 94 , 96 , 97 , 99 – 101 , 104 – 109 , 111 – 117 ). Of those 52 studies, 71.2% identified masculinity as a positive influence on acceptance of insects as food ( 2 , 36 , 41 , 44 , 51 , 55 , 58 , 61 , 62 , 65 – 67 , 69 , 71 , 76 , 77 , 83 , 84 , 86 , 87 , 92 – 94 , 96 , 97 , 99 – 101 , 104 , 105 , 112 , 114 , 116 , 117 ), whereas approximately one-third of those studies (34.6%) found no effect of gender ( 37 , …”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 1 more Smart Citation

Acceptance of Insect-Based Food Products in Western Societies: A Systematic Review

et al. 2022

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Consuming insects is a possible alternative to meat consumption that has few detrimental impacts on the environment and human health. Whether novel foods made from insects will become established in Western societies in the coming years depends largely on their acceptance by the respective populations. Numerous studies on the acceptance of insects as a novel food have already been conducted. In this systematic review, the main findings of quantitative, experimental, and tasting studies on the acceptance of insects as a novel food are summarized. The present paper is designed to serve as an orientation for practitioners in the food industry and provides information useful for the design of marketing strategies and target group-oriented product development. In addition, we highlight in which fields future studies could be conducted to further improve the understanding of the acceptance of insects as food in Western societies.

show abstract

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Acceptance of Insect-Based Food Products in Western Societies: A Systematic Review

et al. 2022

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…In addition, the TPB has also been used in the study of the acceptance and willingness to consume novel foods. In this context, the TPB has been successfully applied in various studies to predict acceptance, willingness to consume, and willingness to purchase insectbased foods [27,[42][43][44][45][46][47]. Furthermore, Onwezen et al [27] were able to show that the TPB is also suitable to explain the acceptance of fish, seaweed, pulses, and cultured meat.…”

Section: Theoretical Framework: An Extended Tpbmentioning

confidence: 99%

Acceptance of Cultured Meat in Germany—Application of an Extended Theory of Planned Behaviour

Dupont

Harms

Fiebelkorn

2022

Foods

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

This study examines the willingness to consume a cultured meat burger in Germany. Based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), we assessed attitudes, perceived behavioural control, and subjective norms via an online questionnaire. Attitudes were operationalized in this research as general attitudes towards cultured meat and specific attitudes towards a cultured meat burger. Furthermore, the TPB was extended with nutritional-psychological variables including food (technology) neophobia, food disgust, sensation seeking, and green consumption values. In total, 58.4% of the participants reported being willing to consume a cultured meat burger. Using a path model, the extended TPB accounted for 77.8% of the variance in willingness to consume a cultured meat burger. All components of the TPB were significant predictors except general attitudes. The influence of general attitudes was completely mediated by specific attitudes. All nutritional-psychological variables influenced general attitudes. Food technology neophobia was the strongest negative, and green consumption values were the strongest positive predictor of general attitudes. Marketing strategies should therefore target the attitudes of consumers by encouraging the natural perception of cultured meat, using a less technological product name, enabling transparency about the production, and creating a dialogue about both the fears and the environmental benefits of the new technology.

show abstract

“…Food neophobia, defined as the fear of unfamiliar food (Pliner & Hobden, 1992), has been considered to be an important predictor for understanding consumer acceptance (Hartmann et al., 2015; Hartmann & Siegrist, 2017; La Barbera et al., 2018; Verbeke, 2015). According to the literature, there is a significant negative effect of neophobia on the willingness to eat insects (Hartmann et al., 2015; Hartmann & Siegrist, 2016; Piha et al., 2018; Tan, et al., 2016; Vartiainen et al., 2020; Verbeke, 2015).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Vartiainen et al. (2020) found that women, students, those under 25 years of age, those living in rural areas, and those who had no earlier experience of eating insects showed less intention to consume insect‐based foods. Generally, it seems that the most probable early adopters are young men with a high educational level (reviewed by Mancini et al., 2019).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Consumer acceptance among Dutch and German students of insects in feed and food

Naranjo-Guevara

Fanter

Conconi

et al. 2020

Food Science & Nutrition

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Due to the environmental and nutritional benefits of insects, their consumption would be one of the solutions to feed the growing human population. Despite the increasing interest in the use of insects as food and feed, consumer acceptance is the major obstacle to successful implementation in Western countries and we studied the factors that influence consumer acceptance in a group of university students from Germany and the Netherlands. In this exploratory research, a survey was conducted (n = 222). Socio‐demographic and psychological factors were established from a theoretical review. In addition, we elaborated on questions regarding information on the health and environmental benefits of consuming insects. Initially, the data obtained are presented through descriptive statistics. The influence of the socio‐demographic and psychological factors, and the information on the willingness to accept insects as animal feed and human food was analyzed using correlations and multiple linear regressions. Results showed more willingness to accept insects as animal feed than in human food. The acceptance among German and Dutch students seems to be driven by issues similar to those in other European countries, such as visual aspects and knowledge about the benefits. The effect of the information on willingness constitutes an important finding of this study, especially for the use of insects in animal feed, since most of the previous studies have focused on the use of insects as human food. Our data support the need to inform and educate consumers about the environmental and health benefits of entomophagy. We conclude that effective efforts to implement entomophagy could increase the level of familiarity with the insect food and inform (or educate) consumers about its benefits. Insights from this study are useful to address studies focusing on specific segments of possible early adopters and consequently addressing communication strategies in this market segmentation.

show abstract

Finnish consumers’ intentions to consume insect-based foods

Cited by 36 publications

References 34 publications

Acceptance of Insect-Based Food Products in Western Societies: A Systematic Review

Acceptance of Insect-Based Food Products in Western Societies: A Systematic Review

Acceptance of Cultured Meat in Germany—Application of an Extended Theory of Planned Behaviour

Consumer acceptance among Dutch and German students of insects in feed and food

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About