French consumers know the benefits of pulses, but do not choose them: An exploratory study combining indirect and direct approaches

Melendrez-Ruiz, Juliana; Buatois, Quentin; Chambaron, Stéphanie; Monnery-Patris, Sandrine; Arvisenet, Gaëlle

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2019.06.003

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“…No difference was found in consumption frequencies by race or ethnicity, which was consistent with equivalent bean consumption frequencies between black and white men in another US study [41]. People had similar positive views of beans yet low rates of consumption in other studies conducted in Mexico, Australia, France, and Canada [42][43][44][45].…”

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Food Behaviors, Health, and Bean Nutrition Awareness among Low-Income Men: A Pilot Study

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Winham

2020

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Bean consumption is known to lower blood cholesterol and postprandial blood glucose. With higher chronic disease risk, low-income men could theoretically benefit from increased bean intakes. The study objective was to explore low-income men’s food behaviors, bean health benefit awareness, and bean consumption practices and preferences. Seventy-one low-income men aged 18–65 years (µ 41 ± 12.7; 53% white, 16% black, 31% Hispanic) completed a survey on health risks, food behaviors, bean health knowledge, attitudes toward dry and canned beans, and bean preferences. Eighty-seven percent had one or more health risk factors of physical inactivity, smoking, or obesity. Most men compared food prices, and thought about healthy food choices for their families, but few planned meals or read nutrition facts labels. White men had significantly higher bean health benefit knowledge than black or Hispanic men (p < 0.01). Most men liked the taste of beans, disagreed dry beans took too long to prepare, and 79% ate them at least 2–3 times per month. Forty-nine percent agreed beans caused intestinal gas. Improving men’s awareness of the health benefits of beans as well as leveraging existing positive attitudes may be useful approaches to increase bean consumption among low-income and minority male populations.

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Food Behaviors, Health, and Bean Nutrition Awareness among Low-Income Men: A Pilot Study

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Winham

2020

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“…These spontaneous responses show that for French nonvegetarian consumers, lentils are the most prototypical pulses. This is in line with a previous study, in which French participants declared lentils to be the most liked and most frequently consumed pulse [9].…”

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“…The frequent use of beans, in the same manner as lentils in the central core, indicates that consumers tend to use exemplars to confirm their understanding of the inductor. The use of culinary preparation is consistent with the results of our previous study, which showed that preparation is an important concern for consumers, which reduces their willingness to choose pulses [9]. The frequent citation of words related to culinary preparation in the present study reveals that this association between pulses and cooking is well anchored in consumers' social representations.…”

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“…Two recent studies suggested that the main barriers to pulse consumption in France are linked to consumers' mental representations of pulses [8,9]. A mental representation is a cognitive product, based on individual mental processes that come from interaction with a person's environment, allowing the meaning of stimuli to be stored in the memory [10].…”

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“…A mental representation is a cognitive product, based on individual mental processes that come from interaction with a person's environment, allowing the meaning of stimuli to be stored in the memory [10]. It was observed that French consumers considered lentils, beans, and chickpeas as foods for vegetarians, requiring lengthy preparation, that were not much liked, and therefore consumed infrequently [9]. Consumers knew the positive properties of lentils, chickpeas, and beans as products with a high protein content, good for the health, and for the environment.…”

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Do French Consumers Have the Same Social Representations of Pulses as Food Industry Professionals?

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Pulses present many advantages for human health, nutrition, sustainability, and the environment. Despite efforts in recent years by the pulse industry and national authorities to favor pulses, consumption in France remains relatively low, at 1.7 kg/per person in 2016, compared to 1920 when it was around 7.2 kg/per person. To understand social representations of pulses in France, 80 French nonvegetarian consumers and 35 professionals from the pulse industry were asked to say five words spontaneously evoked by the inductor “pulses”. They then had to rank these five words in order of importance and rate their valence. The structural approach was used to analyze social representations for each group independently. Our results highlight differences in the structure and content of social representations for pulses. Consumer responses suggested only vague impressions of pulses, but taste evocations were nevertheless rated positively. By contrast, professionals tended to focus specifically on protein content and culinary preparation. These differences could explain some barriers to pulse consumption, and improved communication should be a key target. Efficient communication must consider the concepts most frequently used by consumers when referring to pulses, and those ranked as most important.

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French consumers know the benefits of pulses, but do not choose them: An exploratory study combining indirect and direct approaches

Cited by 49 publications

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Food Behaviors, Health, and Bean Nutrition Awareness among Low-Income Men: A Pilot Study

Food Behaviors, Health, and Bean Nutrition Awareness among Low-Income Men: A Pilot Study

Do French Consumers Have the Same Social Representations of Pulses as Food Industry Professionals?

The unbalanced development among legume species regarding sustainable and healthy agrifood systems in North-America and Europe: focus on food product innovations

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