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Consumer perception of food products involving genetic modification: Results from a qualitative study in four Nordic countries
| العنوان: | Consumer perception of food products involving genetic modification: Results from a qualitative study in four Nordic countries |
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| المؤلفون: | Grunert, Klaus G., Lähteenmäki, Liisa, Nielsen, Niels Asger, Poulsen, Jacob B., Ueland, Oydis, Åström, Annika |
| المصدر: | Grunert , K G , Lähteenmäki , L , Nielsen , N A , Poulsen , J B , Ueland , O & Åström , A 2000 ' Consumer perception of food products involving genetic modification: Results from a qualitative study in four Nordic countries ' . |
| سنة النشر: | 2000 |
| المجموعة: | Aarhus University: Research |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | MAPP, Genetic modification, Consumer acceptance, Cheese, Candy, Salmon, Food production, Forbrugeropfattelse, Genmodifikation, Genmodificerede fødevarer, Forbrugeraccept, Ost, Slik, Laks, Fødevareproduktion |
| الوصف: | 1. The present study addresses consumer acceptance of food products involving the use of different applications of genetic modification in four Nordic countries. Three food products were used as examples: hard cheese, hard candy, and salmon. Three types of applications of genetic modification were investigated: modification of the raw material, use of genetic modification in enzyme production, and direct use of genetically modified microorganisms. In addition, three levels of presence of the genetically modified material in the final product were investigated: not present, present, and present and living/able to function. 2. The results from consumer samples in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden are remarkably similar, showing a strong stability in consumer reactions to the use of genetic modification in food production in these four countries. 3. Consumer perception is characterised by a basic dichotomy of GM and non-GM products. Being non-GM is regarded as a major benefit in itself. When a product involves genetic modification, this elicits numerous negative assocations, of which the strongest ones are 'unhealthy' and 'uncertainty.' 4. The level of presence of the genetically modified material in the final product has a clear impact on consumer acceptance. When the GM material is present and viable/able to function, acceptance is lowest. 5. The type of application of genetic modification has an impact on consumer acceptance as well, but it differs across products. Still, there is a clear tendency that acceptance of salmon products where the salmon itself was genetically modified was lowest among all products tested. 6. The consumer benefits which the application of GM brings about (e.g., improved taste, functional benefits, environmental benefits) are largely perceived, but cannot overcompensate for the negative associations to GM. In some cases, a supposed benefit (e.g., faster growth of salmon, leading to reduced energy costs) was actually perceived as a disadvantage. Benefits combining personal tangible ... |
| نوع الوثيقة: | report |
| وصف الملف: | application/pdf |
| اللغة: | English |
| Relation: | https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/f0fb7910-e12a-11db-8476-000ea68e967b |
| الاتاحة: | https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/publications/f0fb7910-e12a-11db-8476-000ea68e967b https://pure.au.dk/ws/files/32298124/wp72.pdf |
| Rights: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsbas.CC04FEEF |
| قاعدة البيانات: | BASE |
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