Organic food consumption by athletes in Lithuania

AbstractBackground: With environmental pollution increasing, interest in organic farming and organic foodstuffs has been growing all over the world. Data on organic food consumption by Lithuanian athletes is not yet available. This lack of data determined the aim of this study: to identify the particulars of organic foodstuff consumption among athletes. Methods: In September–November 2012, we polled 158 of the best-performing athletes of the Olympic sports team through direct interviews. An approved questionnaire was used to identify the specifics of organic foodstuff consumption among athletes. Results: The survey results showed that 97% of athletes consume organic foodstuffs, and 80% of athletes highlighted the positive impact of organic food on health. Nevertheless, a slim majority of athletes (51.7%) consume organic foodstuffs seldomly, 2–3 times per week. The range of organic foodstuffs consumed depends on the gender of athletes, and the consumption of some products depends on monthly incomes. Conclusions: Survey results confirm the need for the production and expansion of the variety of organic foodstuffs. In the course of the development of the organic food market, it should be beneficial for manufacturers to target high-performance athletes and physically active people.

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Green Consumption

Urban Agriculture and Food Systems ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-8063-8.ch019 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 376-395

Author(s):

Ozan Kaya ◽

Feridun Duman

Keyword(s):

Social Welfare ◽

Empirical Research ◽

Food Consumption ◽

Organic Food ◽

The State ◽

Green Marketing ◽

Green Consumption ◽

Green Consumers ◽

Food Market ◽

Organic Food Consumption

The main purpose of this chapter is to reveal the profile of organic food consumers and the factors that affect consumers' motivation for organic food consumption as being one of the most important aspects of green marketing and green consumption. Therefore, this study first dealt with green consumers and green consumption and then, organic food consumption and the state of organic food market were evaluated and finally, an empirical research was conducted with 393 respondents in order to better determine the consumers of organic food consumption in Turkey. According to the findings, four motivations were found in influencing the behavior of organic food consumption. These are: health, ecological and social welfare, sensory appeal and natural contents. More specifically, this research reveals that those that have children participated in this research frequently consume organic food.

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Green Consumption

Green Marketing and Environmental Responsibility in Modern Corporations - Advances in Marketing, Customer Relationship Management, and E-Services ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-2331-4.ch003 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 42-67

Author(s):

Ozan Kaya ◽

Feridun Duman

Keyword(s):

Social Welfare ◽

Empirical Research ◽

Food Consumption ◽

Organic Food ◽

The State ◽

Green Marketing ◽

Green Consumption ◽

Green Consumers ◽

Food Market ◽

Organic Food Consumption

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Organic Food Consumption: The Relevance of the Health Attribute

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su12020595 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 12 (2) ◽

pp. 595 ◽

Cited By ~ 8

Author(s):

Giuseppina Rizzo ◽

Massimiliano Borrello ◽

Giovanni Dara Guccione ◽

Giorgio Schifani ◽

Luigi Cembalo

Keyword(s):

Food Consumption ◽

Virgin Olive Oil ◽

Organic Food ◽

Relative Weight ◽

Extra Virgin Olive Oil ◽

Primary Motivation ◽

Premium Price ◽

Managerial Implications ◽

Food Market ◽

Organic Food Consumption

During the last decades, organic food products have become the main sustainable alternative to conventional food consumption. Among the several organic food attributes that consumers recognize in organic food, healthiness has been reported as the primary motivation to buy products certified as organic. The objective of the current study is to assess the relative weight of the health attribute among other recognized organic food attributes. To achieve this aim, a multiple price list (MPL) methodology is adopted to elicit consumers’ Willingness to Pay (WTP) for organic extra virgin olive oil (EVOO). Findings show that the contribution of the health attribute to determine the average premium price for organic EVOO is 78.9% of its total premium price. The study generates managerial implications to promote further expansion of the organic food market.

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The Potential Influence of Organic Food Consumption and Intention-Behavior Gap on Consumers’ Subjective Wellbeing

Foods ◽

10.3390/foods9050650 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 9 (5) ◽

pp. 650 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Diana Ismael ◽

Angelika Ploeger

Keyword(s):

Food Consumption ◽

Subjective Wellbeing ◽

Negative Impact ◽

Positive Impact ◽

Organic Food ◽

Food Samples ◽

Physical Conditions ◽

Research Findings ◽

Organic Food Consumption ◽

The Impact

This paper applied a self-administered survey to investigate the impact of organic food behavior and the intention-behavior gap in organic food consumption (OIBG) on consumers’ subjective wellbeing including physical, emotional, social and intellectual dimensions. The survey was carried out with 385 consumers. Furthermore, the study conducted a food test to explore the different impacts of organic and conventional food samples on the mental and physical conditions of consumers’ wellbeing applying a psychological questionnaire. The food test took place in a sensory lab with a panel of 63 untrained German consumers. The research findings demonstrated a positive impact of the organic food consumption on consumers’ subjective wellbeing, while no negative impact of OIBG has been perceived. Moreover, during the food test, consumers distinguished no differences between the impact of organic and conventional stimuli on their mental and physical status. Understanding how consumers perceive the impact of organic food consumption on their wellbeing is one important aspect. However, in the interest of narrowing the OIBG, it is more important to understand how consumers perceive the impact of this gap on their daily-life wellbeing.

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EVOLUTION OF THE EU ORGANIC FOOD MARKET AFTER 2010

STUDIES AND SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES ECONOMICS EDITION ◽

10.29358/sceco.v0i27.408 ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Laura Catalina Timiras

Keyword(s):

Organic Food ◽

Product Category ◽

World Market ◽

Retail Sales ◽

Eu Member States ◽

The World ◽

Food Market ◽

Organic Food Consumption ◽

Positive Evolution ◽

The Eu

This paper presents the evolution of the organic food market at EU level, as well as its place in the world. Market size was highlighted based on the retail sales of organic food indicator, and the consumer penetration rate of this product category was assessed by retail sales of organic food per capita. Europe is the second largest market in the world for organic food, out of the total, 91% being related to EU member states (in 2015). In the last few years, the analyzed market has seen increases in EU countries, with differences between them, both in terms of dynamics and consumption intensity (old EU members far outstripping the new ones on this indicator). Despite the positive evolution, the analyzed market remains a market with a huge potential for development, still untapped, the penetration of organic food consumption still being at a low level.

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Organic consumers’ profile beyond the mean

Organic Agriculture ◽

10.1007/s13165-020-00333-z ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Marilena Furno ◽

Teresa Del Giudice ◽

Gianni Cicia

Keyword(s):

Food Consumption ◽

Organic Food ◽

Regression Coefficients ◽

Food Sector ◽

Homogeneous Groups ◽

Asymmetric Distributions ◽

Food Market ◽

The Mean ◽

Organic Food Consumption ◽

Different Levels

AbstractThe European organic food market is characterized by very different consumer segments. There are significant differences concerning motivations for organic food consumption, preferences for various attributes, and frequency of purchase among consumers. Although the organic food sector has been studied for about 20 years, little is known about consumer behavior at different levels of consumption. The aim of this study was to investigate the determinants of organic food consumption in various market segments characterized by different purchasing frequencies. The determinants of purchase frequency in Italy and Germany are analyzed not only at the mean regression, by OLS, but also at the median and at the mode. Differing estimates at these measures of central tendency generally occur with asymmetric distributions, and this occurs in the following analysis as well. Moreover, since in Germany the dependent variable presents more than one peak/mode, interpretation of the mode regression becomes problematic and a different tool is implemented, namely the finite mixture model. The latter clusters the observations in homogeneous groups while computing the regression coefficients within each group. Buyers are split into two groups, frequent and rare consumers of organic food, and two different sets of estimated coefficients explain frequency of purchases within each group.

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