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ArticleFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2026

Visual Assessment and Information Effects on Consumer Acceptance of Insect-Based Foods: The Role of Attitudes, Knowledge, and Sociodemographics.

Alessandra Verardi, Paola Sangiorgio, Olga Mileti, Mariateresa Chiodo, Noemi Baldino, Simona Errico

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Article in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Alessandra VerardiLaboratory Regenerative Circular Bioeconomy, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Trisaia Research Centre, 75026 Rotondella, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2561-4127
Paola SangiorgioLaboratory Regenerative Circular Bioeconomy, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Trisaia Research Centre, 75026 Rotondella, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8769-1910
Olga MiletiDepartment of Computer Engineering, Modelling, Electronics and Systems (DIMES), University of Calabria (UNICAL), Via Pietro Bucci, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Italy.
Mariateresa ChiodoDepartment of Computer Engineering, Modelling, Electronics and Systems (DIMES), University of Calabria (UNICAL), Via Pietro Bucci, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Italy.
Noemi BaldinoDepartment of Computer Engineering, Modelling, Electronics and Systems (DIMES), University of Calabria (UNICAL), Via Pietro Bucci, 87036 Arcavacata di Rende, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0064-5103
Simona ErricoLaboratory Regenerative Circular Bioeconomy, Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development, Trisaia Research Centre, 75026 Rotondella, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2873-9339

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study investigates consumer acceptance of insect-based foods, focusing on changes in visual evaluation after information disclosure and the influence of sociodemographic, attitudinal, and knowledge-related factors. An online survey among Italian consumers (n = 350) assessed the visual attractiveness of a cupcake containing 10%

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consumer acceptanceconsumer attitudesconsumer knowledgefood neophobiainsect-based foodssociodemographic factorsvisual evaluation

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PMID42195907
PMCPMC13205508

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