"Unhealthy = Tasty": How Does It Affect Consumers' (Un)Healthy Food Expectations?

ABSTRACT: Consumers having a strong unhealthy = tasty (UT) belief are less likely to choose healthy food even though they recognize its health benefits, because they assume healthy food to be unpalatable. The aim of this study was to profile consumers according to their UT belief and specify the strength of the belief among a demographically representative consumer group. The other aim was to investigate the effect of UT belief on expectations of two food products representing either an unhealthy or a healthy image. A total of 1537 consumers participated in the online survey. The scale-based (1-7) mean for UT belief was 3.27 and related positively to male gender and food pleasure orientation and negatively to general health interest. The results indicate that a strong UT belief correlates with posit

SUBMITTER: Paakki M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9563033 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature