Acceptance of nanotechnology applications and satisfaction with food-related life in southern Chile

Acceptance of a food of animal origin obtained through genetic modification and cloning in South America: a comparative study among university students and working adults

“…In this study no differences were detected associated with the respondent's satisfaction with food-related life. This is in contrast to studies that report that people with a high level of satisfaction with food-related life are more receptive to the use of nanotechnology in food production (Schnettler et al, 2013(Schnettler et al, , 2014. This result may indicate that the positive relationship between satisfaction with food-related life and acceptance of nanotechnology cannot be generalized to the other new technologies in food production.…”

“…The respondents were asked to indicate their degree of agreement with the five items using a 6-point Likert scale (1= disagree completely, 6= agree completely). The Spanish-language version of the SWFL was used, which has shown good levels of internal reliability in previous studies conducted in Chile (Schnettler et al, 2013(Schnettler et al, , 2014. In this study, Cronbach's α coefficients were 0.89 in the USt subsample and 0.83 in the WA subsample.…”

“…However, it is worth noting that all the types identified in both subsamples preferred milk from a conventionally bred animal. The majority preferred the best-established brands in the market (except Group 1 WA subsample), confirming that brand helps reduce the risk of buying foods produced with new technologies (Frewer et al, 2011;Rollin et al, 2011;Schnettler et al, 2012Schnettler et al, , 2014, such as GM and cloning. The results concerning significant differences between the groups are in line with studies that Table 3.…”

“…In this regard, some studies report that trustworthy brands reduce the risk associated with the purchase of a food produced with new technologies like GM ( 2012) or nanotechnology (Schnettler et al, 2014), although such an interaction effect cannot be studied in the present design.…”

“…Additionally, some studies explore neural reactions behind consumers' choice on food technologies (Lusk et al, 2015) and relate psychological aspects to preferences for certain foods. Recent studies have reported that satisfaction with food-related life is associated with the preference for foods produced with new technologies, such as nanotechnology (Schnettler et al, 2013(Schnettler et al, , 2014. Therefore, it is expected that the acceptance of foods obtained from GM or cloned animals will differ according to consumer satisfaction with food-related life.…”