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ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Plant-Based Beverages: Consumption Habits, Perception and Knowledge on a Sample of Portuguese Citizens.

Ofélia Anjos, Patrícia C P Pires, Joana Gonçalves, Letícia M Estevinho, António G Mendonça, Raquel P F Guiné

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Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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6 authors.

Ofélia AnjosCERNAS-IPCB-Centro de Investigação em Recursos Naturais, Ambiente e Sociedade, Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, 6001-909 Castelo Branco, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-0267-3252
Patrícia C P PiresCICS-UBI-Health Sciences Research Centre and Chemistry Department, University of Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal.
Joana GonçalvesCERNAS-IPV Research Centre, Polytechnic University of Viseu, 3504-510 Viseu, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-8702-415X
Letícia M EstevinhoMountain Research Center (CIMO), Polytechnic Institute of Bragança, 5301-854 Bragança, Portugal.
António G MendonçaCICS-UBI-Health Sciences Research Centre and Chemistry Department, University of Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0001-8069-0440
Raquel P F GuinéCERNAS-IPV Research Centre, Polytechnic University of Viseu, 3504-510 Viseu, Portugal.ORCID 0000-0003-0595-6805

Funding

Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia UIDB/00681/2020Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia UIDB/00690/202Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia UIDB/00709/2020
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Plant-based beverages (PBB) consumption has increased significantly worldwide due to an interest in vegetarian/vegan diets, taste preferences, health and ethical and environmental issues. Therefore, this study intends to investigate consumption habits, consumer preferences and consumers' level of knowledge about PBB. In this study, a voluntary, anonymous questionnaire survey was applied to a sample of participants from Portugal. The sample was recruited by convenience, and therefore, the distribution among the groups was not even. Data analysis involved different statistical techniques: basic statistics, chi-square tests, factor analysis, cluster analysis and tree classification analysis. The results indicated that the most consumed PBB were almond, soy and oat beverages. The majority of consumers chose these beverages for nutritional and health reasons, while a smaller number consumed them as part of a vegetarian or vegan diet. The main motivations for consuming PBB are mainly associated with sustainability and health benefits. The results regarding the respondents' knowledge about PBB revealed that a health-related profession was the most significant predictor. These results allowed us to conclude that the factors of nutrition, health, ethics and practice of a vegetarian/vegan diet influence the consumption of PBB. It was also concluded that being in a healthcare profession, along with age and professional status within this field, were significant factors influencing the level of knowledge about PBB.

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almondoatplant-based beveragesquestionnaire surveysoy

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PMCPMC11507175

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