Eat organic – Feel good? The relationship between organic food consumption, health concern and subjective wellbeing

Apaolaza, Vanessa; Hartmann, Patrick; D’Souza, Clare; López, Cristina M.

doi:10.1016/j.foodqual.2017.07.011

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“…Consumer's belief about organic food being healthy make them feel better with a feeling of having healthy nutrients. It brings satisfaction among them for their healthy choices which leads to their emotional well-being (Apaolaza, Hartmann, D'Souza, & López, 2018).…”

Section: Factors Affecting the Organic Food Purchase Decisionmentioning

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Health motive and the purchase of organic food: A meta‐analytic review

Rana

Paul

2020

Int J Consumer Studies

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There are many empirically determined influential factors known to control the organic food purchase behaviour. Of these known factors‐ health, product quality and concern for natural environmental degradation are seen as the major motives behind the organic food purchase. We, therefore, attempted to investigate the most prominent reason(s) for buying organic food, using the meta‐analyses of studies published during the last 25 years as our basis for conviction. Multilevel meta‐analyses was applied to the studies in review, in order to find the major reason(s) for the purchase of organic grocery, milk, fruits and vegetables. Although the three motivational factors mentioned above have been echoed throughout the history of organic food purchase research, the health factor has always topped the priority chart. The study in its overall empirical scale contributes to managerial implications and sets an agenda for future research.

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Section: Factors Affecting the Organic Food Purchase Decisionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Health motive and the purchase of organic food: A meta‐analytic review

Rana

Paul

2020

Int J Consumer Studies

238

173

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“…Actually it is not possible to define precisely all the dimensions related to this offer. Scholars are still working to provide valid information on strategic aspects such as the market segmentation (Hansen et al, 2018;Peštek et al, 2018;Sultan et al, 2018), the role of awareness (Asif et al, 2018), the willingness to pay higher prices (Aschemann-Witzel, and Zielke, 2017), the country of origin (Thøgersen et al, 2017), the relationship with health concern (Apaolaza et al, 2018) or the perspectives on production (Popović et al, 2018). Analyzing the evidences from the market, increasing sales are registered.…”

Section: The Eco-label Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Influence of “Euro-Leaf” Logo on Consumers’ Choices: The Italian Case of Branded and Private Label Food Products

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Schena²

2018

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The eco-labels in food products is an increasing presence to underline a particular attention to sustainability issues by producers and, recently, also by retailers, through their private labels (PLs). In the last years there has been a proliferation of eco-labels, generating sometimes a real confusion in consumers' mind. Nevertheless, some of them could be really considered as a decisive factor to influence the purchasing process. It could be possible to affirm that they acquired a real "power", producing a tangible effect on consumers' behaviour. The present work is an attempt to calculate the effectiveness of one of the most well-known eco-label, "Euro-leaf", that indicates products coming from organic farming. The aim of the analysis is to evaluate its incidence in the choices related to food proposals. In particular, the latter have been considered in a double way, exploring the different categories among branded and PL offers, in the continuous challenge between these two branding policies in the retail sector. Therefore, to carry out the research, the methodology adopted has been the diffusion of a questionnaire to a wide sample. More of 1.000 Italian consumers have been reached using an on line platform, shaping a stratified sample. The data elaboration shows a final result where the euro-leaf logo is able to have the same positive influence on buying propensity related both to branded and PL products. Observing the dimension of this influence, valid information are provided for practitioners and researchers to highlight a market trend where all the potentials have not yet been expressed.

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“…However, attitudes to production have evolved in a dialogue between producers and consumers, leading to developments in the perceptions of both parties (Lassen & Korzen, 2009). The non-sensory attributes of food products -in addition to their sensed qualities such as taste and texture -are important to organic consumers (Hjelmar, 2011;Magnusson, Arvola, Hursti, Åberg, & Sjödén, 2003); and among these non-sensory qualities personal health benefits are now considered to play the most important role in consumers' decisions to opt for organic (Hansen, Sørensen, & Eriksen, 2018;Apaolaza, Hartmann, D'Souza, & López, 2018;Rana & Paul, 2017;Honkanen, Verplanken, & Olsen, 2006). Studies have found that consumers who prefer organic food often describe both health and environmental concerns as motives behind their choice, but there is also some evidence that an expectation of health gains is the factor most likely to push consumers from a mere preference for organic products to actual purchases of them, overcoming the fact that organic produce is generally more expensive than the conventionally produced alternatives (Denver & Christensen, 2015).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%