不要带走我的快乐:调查中国消费者享乐食品和食虫行为之间的冲突

IF 4.9 1区 农林科学 Q1 FOOD SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
Zining Wang , Jaewoo Park
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在日益关注粮食可持续性和迫切需要替代蛋白质来源的背景下,以昆虫为基础的食物已成为一种有希望的解决方案。然而,尽管它们具有营养和环境优势,但消费者接受度低仍然是一个重大障碍。这项研究特别探讨了食品类别——功利主义和享乐主义——的作用,发现虽然昆虫成分在功利主义食品中更容易被接受,但在享乐主义食品中包含昆虫成分会引起更多的负面消费者反应。根据感知价值理论,我们进一步证明了这种效应是由感知功利和享乐价值的减少所驱动的,这表明消费者认为以昆虫为基础的享乐食品不仅不那么令人愉悦,而且与传统食品相比,功能也更差。此外,我们发现对食虫行为的厌恶是一个关键的调节因素:更高程度的厌恶导致更强烈的负面反应,而一小部分低厌恶的消费者对以昆虫为基础的享乐食物表现出更有利的反应。我们的发现对现有文献有重大贡献,并为食品营销人员和政策制定者提供了重要的见解。
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Do not take away my pleasure: Investigating the conflict between hedonic foods and entomophagy among Chinese consumers
Against the backdrop of increasing concerns over food sustainability and the urgent need for alternative protein sources, insect-based foods have emerged as a promising solution. However, despite their nutritional and environmental advantages, low consumer acceptance remains a significant barrier. This research specifically explored the role of food category—utilitarian and hedonic—and found that while insect ingredients were more readily accepted in utilitarian foods, their inclusion in hedonic foods elicited significantly more negative consumer responses. Drawing on perceived value theory, we further demonstrated that this effect was driven by a reduction in perceived utilitarian and hedonic values, indicating that consumers perceived insect-based hedonic foods as not only less pleasurable and enjoyable but also less functional compared to their traditional counterparts. Moreover, we identified disgust toward entomophagy as a crucial moderating factor: higher levels of disgust led to stronger negative reactions, whereas a small subset of consumers with low disgust exhibited even more favorable responses to insect-based hedonic foods. Our findings significantly contribute to the existing literature and offer important insights for food marketers and policymakers.
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Food Quality and Preference
Food Quality and Preference 工程技术-食品科技
CiteScore
10.40
自引率
15.10%
发文量
263
审稿时长
38 days
期刊介绍: Food Quality and Preference is a journal devoted to sensory, consumer and behavioural research in food and non-food products. It publishes original research, critical reviews, and short communications in sensory and consumer science, and sensometrics. In addition, the journal publishes special invited issues on important timely topics and from relevant conferences. These are aimed at bridging the gap between research and application, bringing together authors and readers in consumer and market research, sensory science, sensometrics and sensory evaluation, nutrition and food choice, as well as food research, product development and sensory quality assurance. Submissions to Food Quality and Preference are limited to papers that include some form of human measurement; papers that are limited to physical/chemical measures or the routine application of sensory, consumer or econometric analysis will not be considered unless they specifically make a novel scientific contribution in line with the journal''s coverage as outlined below.
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