
doi: 10.3390/nu13061904
pmid: 34205879
pmc: PMC8229563
handle: 11588/878698 , 10807/204749 , 11386/4921558
doi: 10.3390/nu13061904
pmid: 34205879
pmc: PMC8229563
handle: 11588/878698 , 10807/204749 , 11386/4921558
Natural labels are increasingly present in the market and appreciated by consumers, despite formal regulation still missing. Knowing the psychosocial factors that may predict natural food choice may be useful to understand what drives consumers to choose this category of food. We analyzed the antecedents of consumers’ intention to purchase natural food, testing a theoretical model that integrates the theory of planned behavior (TPB), the value-belief-norm (VBN) theory, and consumers’ trust in natural food. A sample of Italian participants (N = 1018) filled an online questionnaire assessing intention to buy natural food, TPB and VBN variables, and trust in the natural food supply chain. The model applied yielded results which confirmed the predictiveness of the tested integrated model. Attitude and perceived behavioral control were the strongest antecedents of intention, followed by trust and personal norm. Consumers’ intention to buy natural food was also associated with their evaluation of the consequences and possibilities related to the purchase behavior, as well as with their moral evaluation attributable to pro-environmental determinants.
Adult, Male, Adolescent, Natural food; Pro-environmental motives; Purchasing intention; Theory of planned behavior; Value-belief-norm; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Attitude; Female; Food; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Surveys and Questionnaires; Young Adult; Consumer Behavior; Food Preferences; Intention; Trust, Intention, Trust, Article, value-belief-norm, Food Preferences, Young Adult, Pro-environmental motives, Surveys and Questionnaires, Humans, Aged, natural food, Consumer Behavior, Middle Aged, purchasing intention, Theory of planned behavior, Value-belief-norm, Attitude, Food, Natural food, Purchasing intention, pro-environmental motives, Female, theory of planned behavior
Adult, Male, Adolescent, Natural food; Pro-environmental motives; Purchasing intention; Theory of planned behavior; Value-belief-norm; Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Attitude; Female; Food; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Surveys and Questionnaires; Young Adult; Consumer Behavior; Food Preferences; Intention; Trust, Intention, Trust, Article, value-belief-norm, Food Preferences, Young Adult, Pro-environmental motives, Surveys and Questionnaires, Humans, Aged, natural food, Consumer Behavior, Middle Aged, purchasing intention, Theory of planned behavior, Value-belief-norm, Attitude, Food, Natural food, Purchasing intention, pro-environmental motives, Female, theory of planned behavior
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