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Identifying Socioeconomic Characteristics Defining Consumers’ Acceptance for Main Organoleptic Attributes of an Iron-biofortified Bean Variety in Guatemala

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Title Identifying Socioeconomic Characteristics Defining Consumers’ Acceptance for Main Organoleptic Attributes of an Iron-biofortified Bean Variety in Guatemala
 
Creator Pérez, Salomón
Buritica Casanova, Alexander
Oparinde, Adewale
Birol, Ekin
González, Carolina
 
Subject food fortification
food enrichment
iron
beans
organoleptic analysis
fortificación de alimentos
enriquecimiento de los alimentos
hierro
frijol
análisis organoléptico
 
Description The success of biofortification, the process of generating new staple crops varieties with higher micronutrient content, depends on whether those biofortified cultivars are accepted by target populations. Consumer behavior economics argues that socioeconomic, cultural and biological characteristics define consumer preferences for specific product attribute. This study aims to establish which socio-demographic characteristics predict respondents’ preferences for the main sensory attributes of an iron bean variety. A home use testing approach and sensory evaluation was applied to 360 families in northwest Guatemala. We found that revealed preferences are mostly culturally formed and market related, more than influenced by socio-demographic characteristics.
 
Date 2017
2017-09-05T18:28:25Z
2017-09-05T18:28:25Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Pérez, Salomón; Buritica, Alexander; Oparinde, Adewale; Birol, Ekin; Gonzalez, Carolina; Zeller, Manfred. 2017. Identifying Socioeconomic Characteristics Defining Consumers’ Acceptance for Main Organoleptic Attributes of an Iron-biofortified Bean Variety in Guatemala . International Journal on Food System Dynamics. 18(3): 222-235.
1869-6945
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/83333
https://doi.org/10.18461/ijfsd.v8i3.834
 
Language en
 
Rights Open Access
 
Format 18(3): 222-235
 
Publisher CentMa GmbH
 
Source International Journal on Food System Dynamics