Food values are supposed to be stable. This paper tests this assumption by comparing food values before and during the coronavirus-19 pandemic. While the ranking of food values remains very similar, there are some interesting differences in the relative importance that consumers attached to food values before and during the pandemic. A substantial decrease in the importance that consumers attach to food safety was observed during the pandemic, while there was a moderate increase in the importance attached to taste, nutrition, appearance, convenience and origin. The changes in food values vary across sociodemographic groups. Implications of the results are discussed.

Malleability of food values amid the COVID-19 pandemic / Cerroni, Simone; Nayga Jr, Rodolfo M; Pappalardo, Gioacchino; Yang, Wei. - In: EUROPEAN REVIEW OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS. - ISSN 1464-3618. - ELETTRONICO. - 2022, 49:2(2022), pp. 472-498. [10.1093/erae/jbab025]

Malleability of food values amid the COVID-19 pandemic

Cerroni, Simone
Primo
;
2022-01-01

Abstract

Food values are supposed to be stable. This paper tests this assumption by comparing food values before and during the coronavirus-19 pandemic. While the ranking of food values remains very similar, there are some interesting differences in the relative importance that consumers attached to food values before and during the pandemic. A substantial decrease in the importance that consumers attach to food safety was observed during the pandemic, while there was a moderate increase in the importance attached to taste, nutrition, appearance, convenience and origin. The changes in food values vary across sociodemographic groups. Implications of the results are discussed.
2022
2
Cerroni, Simone; Nayga Jr, Rodolfo M; Pappalardo, Gioacchino; Yang, Wei
Malleability of food values amid the COVID-19 pandemic / Cerroni, Simone; Nayga Jr, Rodolfo M; Pappalardo, Gioacchino; Yang, Wei. - In: EUROPEAN REVIEW OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS. - ISSN 1464-3618. - ELETTRONICO. - 2022, 49:2(2022), pp. 472-498. [10.1093/erae/jbab025]
File in questo prodotto:
File Dimensione Formato  
jbab025.pdf

accesso aperto

Tipologia: Versione editoriale (Publisher’s layout)
Licenza: Creative commons
Dimensione 544.58 kB
Formato Adobe PDF
544.58 kB Adobe PDF Visualizza/Apri
Malleability+of+food+values.pdf

accesso aperto

Descrizione: PDF online-first
Tipologia: Versione editoriale (Publisher’s layout)
Licenza: Creative commons
Dimensione 457.55 kB
Formato Adobe PDF
457.55 kB Adobe PDF Visualizza/Apri

I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione

Utilizza questo identificativo per citare o creare un link a questo documento: https://hdl.handle.net/11572/310991
Citazioni
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.pmc??? ND
  • Scopus 13
  • ???jsp.display-item.citation.isi??? 11
  • OpenAlex ND
social impact