Autori
Tomic Maksan, Marina
Mesic, ?eljka
?akic Bobic, Branka
Kovacic, Damir
C. Drichoutis, Andreas

Titolo
Understanding consumers? willingness to use omega-3 enriched eggs
Periodico
Economia agro-alimentare
Anno: 2025 - Fascicolo: 1 - Pagina iniziale: 135 - Pagina finale: 189

One of the most important consumer trends in the food sector is the increasing popularity of nutritionally enriched food product consumption, especially omega-3 enriched foods. This study examines the consumers? willingness to consume omega-3 enriched eggs and applies the Health Belief Model (hereinafter: HBM). An online survey was conducted on a representative sample of 524 Croatian consumers who do grocery shopping for their households and purchase eggs. The data was collected from a representative panel using quota sampling by gender and age and analyzed using SEM by Partial Least Square. The results show that almost 3/4 of the respondents do not know what omega-3 enriched eggs are. The perceived benefits, selfefficacy, cue to action and health motivation have a positive impact on the willingness to use omega-3 enriched eggs.Contrarily, the effects of threat perception variables (perceived severity and perceived susceptibility) and barriers on the willingness to use omega-3 enriched eggs are not significant.The results could support the efforts of the producers and the authorities to develop strategies that promote the consumption of omega-3 enriched foods, especially eggs.



SICI: 1126-1668(2025)1<135:UCWTUO>2.0.ZU;2-C
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