Understanding Key Factors Influencing Consumers’ Willingness to Try, Buy, and Pay a Price Premium for Mycoproteins
2022
David Dean | Meike Rombach | Wim de Koning | Frank Vriesekoop | Wisnu Satyajaya | Puspita Yuliandari | Martin Anderson | Philippe Mongondry | Beatriz Urbano | Cristino Alberto Gómez Luciano | Wendy Hao | Emma Eastwick | Elma Achirimbi | Zheng Jiang | Anouk Boereboom | Farzana Rashid | Imran Khan | Beatriz Alvarez | Luis Kluwe Aguiar
Mycoprotein is a fungal-based meat alternative sold in food retail in various countries around the world. The present study builds on a multi-national sample and uses partial least square structural equation modeling. The proposed conceptual model identified key factors that are driving and inhibiting consumer willingness to try, buy, and pay a price premium for mycoprotein. The results relate to the overall sample of 4088 respondents and to two subsample comparisons based on gender and meat consumption behavior. The results show that the biggest drivers of willingness to consume mycoprotein were healthiness, followed by nutritional benefits, safe to eat, and sustainability. Affordability and taste had mixed results. Willingness to consume mycoprotein was inhibited if nutritional importance was placed on meat and, to a lesser extent, if the taste, texture, and smell of meat were deemed important. Best practice recommendations address issues facing marketing managers in the food industry.
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