Statements belonging to the Q-set
| Dimensions | Q statements | Factor 1 rank | Factor 2 rank | Factor 3 rank | Factor 4 rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental | 1. Environmentally sustainable | 3 | −2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2. Characterized by low emissions | 5 | −4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3. Far from nature | 2 | 5 | 3 | −2 | |
| 4. That will offer renewed rural area and landscape management | 1 | −5 | 1 | −5 | |
| 5. Which can also be produced from Indigenous and limited breeds | −1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| 6. Whose process requires little or no input (antibiotics, growth factors, hormones, etc.) | −2 | −3 | 2 | 3 | |
| 7. Energy-efficient | 4 | −1 | −1 | −1 | |
| 8. Which requires low water consumption per unit of product | 3 | −3 | 4 | 1 | |
| 9. That does not produce waste, with a view to a circular economy | −1 | −1 | 2 | −3 | |
| Socio-ethical | 10. Characterized by high animal welfare | 2 | 0 | −2 | −1 |
| 11. Socially sustainable | 0 | −1 | −3 | −4 | |
| 12. That can accommodate a broader group of consumers (vegans, vegetarians, different religions, etc.) | 4 | 1 | 3 | −3 | |
| 13. That will change people’s lifestyles | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 | |
| 14. Ultra-processed, which encourages a chemically perfect diet | −1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | |
| 15. That will replace the farmed productions | −4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 16. That will replace the plant-based productions | −2 | 0 | −4 | −2 | |
| 17. Safe and healthy | 2 | −1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 18. That is unlikely to be embraced by the European consumer | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 19. That will make access to food more equitable | −3 | 0 | −5 | 3 | |
| Economical | 20. Economically sustainable | 0 | −4 | −3 | 0 |
| 21. Which will lead to food monopolies | 1 | 4 | 0 | −2 | |
| 22. That will solve the problems of food insecurity | −1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 23. That will encourage the development of urban farming | 1 | 0 | −1 | 4 | |
| 24. Of a supply chain that promotes a better redistribution of value between actors | −3 | −2 | 1 | −1 | |
| 25. That will steer towards safer and better-paid jobs | −2 | −2 | 4 | −4 | |
| 26. That will reduce the risk of health and, therefore, economic crises | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | |
| 27. That will only be well received by the non-European market | −4 | 1 | 0 | −1 | |
| 28. Which will lead to an increase in per capita meat consumption in the future | 0 | 4 | −1 | 0 | |
| 29. Which will wipe out typical geographical indication productions (PDO, PGI, BIO, etc.) | −5 | 3 | −1 | 1 |
| Dimensions | Q statements | Factor 1 rank | Factor 2 rank | Factor 3 rank | Factor 4 rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental | 1. Environmentally sustainable | 3 | −2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2. Characterized by low emissions | 5 | −4 | 1 | 0 | |
| 3. Far from nature | 2 | 5 | 3 | −2 | |
| 4. That will offer renewed rural area and landscape management | 1 | −5 | 1 | −5 | |
| 5. Which can also be produced from Indigenous and limited breeds | −1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | |
| 6. Whose process requires little or no input (antibiotics, growth factors, hormones, etc.) | −2 | −3 | 2 | 3 | |
| 7. Energy-efficient | 4 | −1 | −1 | −1 | |
| 8. Which requires low water consumption per unit of product | 3 | −3 | 4 | 1 | |
| 9. That does not produce waste, with a view to a circular economy | −1 | −1 | 2 | −3 | |
| Socio-ethical | 10. Characterized by high animal welfare | 2 | 0 | −2 | −1 |
| 11. Socially sustainable | 0 | −1 | −3 | −4 | |
| 12. That can accommodate a broader group of consumers (vegans, vegetarians, different religions, etc.) | 4 | 1 | 3 | −3 | |
| 13. That will change people’s lifestyles | 1 | 3 | −2 | 0 | |
| 14. Ultra-processed, which encourages a chemically perfect diet | −1 | 2 | −2 | 2 | |
| 15. That will replace the farmed productions | −4 | 2 | 0 | 5 | |
| 16. That will replace the plant-based productions | −2 | 0 | −4 | −2 | |
| 17. Safe and healthy | 2 | −1 | 1 | 1 | |
| 18. That is unlikely to be embraced by the European consumer | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 19. That will make access to food more equitable | −3 | 0 | −5 | 3 | |
| Economical | 20. Economically sustainable | 0 | −4 | −3 | 0 |
| 21. Which will lead to food monopolies | 1 | 4 | 0 | −2 | |
| 22. That will solve the problems of food insecurity | −1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | |
| 23. That will encourage the development of urban farming | 1 | 0 | −1 | 4 | |
| 24. Of a supply chain that promotes a better redistribution of value between actors | −3 | −2 | 1 | −1 | |
| 25. That will steer towards safer and better-paid jobs | −2 | −2 | 4 | −4 | |
| 26. That will reduce the risk of health and, therefore, economic crises | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | |
| 27. That will only be well received by the non-European market | −4 | 1 | 0 | −1 | |
| 28. Which will lead to an increase in per capita meat consumption in the future | 0 | 4 | −1 | 0 | |
| 29. Which will wipe out typical geographical indication productions (PDO, PGI, BIO, etc.) | −5 | 3 | −1 | 1 |
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