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Purchasing Drivers of Fresh Citrus Fruits in Urban Italy: Is It All about Taste?
While the medical community supports the growth of citrus consumption as part of a healthy diet, there is limited knowledge about consumer preferences for these fruits. The current study analyzed the purchasing patterns and drivers of fresh citrus fruits from a convenience sample of 346 Italian food...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7230660/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32252221 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12040979 |
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author | Di Vita, Giuseppe Borrello, Massimiliano Vecchio, Riccardo Gulisano, Giovanni D’Amico, Mario |
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description | While the medical community supports the growth of citrus consumption as part of a healthy diet, there is limited knowledge about consumer preferences for these fruits. The current study analyzed the purchasing patterns and drivers of fresh citrus fruits from a convenience sample of 346 Italian food shoppers. Results revealed that clementines were the citrus fruit purchased most, followed by oranges and tangerines. Sweetness and smell were important product attributes for respondents. Different drivers affect the purchasing frequencies of various citrus fruits. Taste motivation, with a specific preference for acidity, impacts orange purchasing. Similarly, clementines are purchased primarily for taste motivation, however, the core sensory attribute for respondents in this case was sweetness. Meanwhile, for tangerines, the taste motivation is less important than the energy motivation, and the size together with the color are the core purchasing drivers. These outcomes provide food scientists, agronomists and market practitioners with new insights into Italian consumers’ preferences for citrus fruits, thus contributing to a potential expansion of this market. |
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spelling | pubmed-72306602020-05-22 Purchasing Drivers of Fresh Citrus Fruits in Urban Italy: Is It All about Taste? Di Vita, Giuseppe Borrello, Massimiliano Vecchio, Riccardo Gulisano, Giovanni D’Amico, Mario Nutrients Article While the medical community supports the growth of citrus consumption as part of a healthy diet, there is limited knowledge about consumer preferences for these fruits. The current study analyzed the purchasing patterns and drivers of fresh citrus fruits from a convenience sample of 346 Italian food shoppers. Results revealed that clementines were the citrus fruit purchased most, followed by oranges and tangerines. Sweetness and smell were important product attributes for respondents. Different drivers affect the purchasing frequencies of various citrus fruits. Taste motivation, with a specific preference for acidity, impacts orange purchasing. Similarly, clementines are purchased primarily for taste motivation, however, the core sensory attribute for respondents in this case was sweetness. Meanwhile, for tangerines, the taste motivation is less important than the energy motivation, and the size together with the color are the core purchasing drivers. These outcomes provide food scientists, agronomists and market practitioners with new insights into Italian consumers’ preferences for citrus fruits, thus contributing to a potential expansion of this market. MDPI 2020-04-02 /pmc/articles/PMC7230660/ /pubmed/32252221 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12040979 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Di Vita, Giuseppe Borrello, Massimiliano Vecchio, Riccardo Gulisano, Giovanni D’Amico, Mario Purchasing Drivers of Fresh Citrus Fruits in Urban Italy: Is It All about Taste? |
title | Purchasing Drivers of Fresh Citrus Fruits in Urban Italy: Is It All about Taste? |
title_full | Purchasing Drivers of Fresh Citrus Fruits in Urban Italy: Is It All about Taste? |
title_fullStr | Purchasing Drivers of Fresh Citrus Fruits in Urban Italy: Is It All about Taste? |
title_full_unstemmed | Purchasing Drivers of Fresh Citrus Fruits in Urban Italy: Is It All about Taste? |
title_short | Purchasing Drivers of Fresh Citrus Fruits in Urban Italy: Is It All about Taste? |
title_sort | purchasing drivers of fresh citrus fruits in urban italy: is it all about taste? |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7230660/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32252221 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu12040979 |
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