...Ivana Beveridge; Jaideep Prabhu; Katherine Blackburn; Christopher Berry Purpose Although meat substitutes are promoted as a strategy to lower our carbon footprint, adopting these products has been met with mixed and ambiguous public reactions. This study explores how personal (health, taste...

... Segmentation Multiple correspondence analysis Meat substitutes Associations Food attitude Meat alternatives The discourse around meat consumption has shifted due to accumulating evidence of its adverse effects. Today’s excessive consumption of (often processed) meat raises the risk of coronary...

... social opportunity, food consumption is seen as a social marker for constructing social identity and lifestyle (Verain et al., 2015). The high social status of meat is seen as a barrier to the acceptance of meat substitutes, especially in countries with economies in transition (Bohm et...

... to the consumption of laboratory-grown meat, edible insects and plant-based meat substitutes, with meat attachment accounted for in analyses. Differences between personal preference and perceptions of alternative proteins’ role in addressing global environmental concerns were also explored. Findings Findings...

...Johanna E. Elzerman; Martinus A.J.S. van Boekel; Pieternel A. Luning Purpose Meat substitutes can be environmentally more sustainable alternatives to meat. However, the image of these products in The Netherlands is still low. The purpose of this paper is to explore consumers' experiences...