Akceptacja konsumencka soków owocowych i jasnego pieczywa z dodatkiem błonnika i jej uwarunkowania

Celem badania była ocena akceptacji konsumenckiej pieczywa jasnego oraz soku owocowego wzbogaconych w błonnik. Uwzględniono płeć, znajomość i spożywanie oraz poglądy dotyczące korzyści i zagrożeń jako czynniki warunkujące deklarowane intencje spożywania obydwu produktów. Badanie ankietowe zrealizowano w 2011 roku na ogólnopolskiej próbie 1000 dorosłych Polaków. Badana populacja charakteryzowała się wysoką akceptacją dodawania błonnika do żywności. Oceny korzyści wynikające ze spożywania obydwu wzbogaconych w błonnik produktów, zagrożeń związanych z ich konsumpcją oraz gotowość do nabywania nie różniły się, tym samym obydwa produkty były w takim samym stopniu akceptowane jako nośniki dodatkowego błonnika. Relatywnie wysoka akceptacja konsumencka błonnika jako dodatku do jasnego pieczywa i soków owocowych pozwala na opracowywanie nowych produktów z dużą szansą na sukces rynkowy.

The aim was to assess consumer’s acceptance of white bread and fruit juice fortifi ed with fibre. Gender, familiarity with product, actual behaviours, perceptions of benefi ts and risks were used as factors influencing intentions to consume products. The questionnaire survey was carried out in 2011 on a nationwide sample of 1000 adult Poles. In an original questionnaire were used questions about the familiarity with and consumption of the products concerned, the intention of buying, the benefits and risks of consuming these products and the acceptance of modifications aimed at increasing nutritional values. An analysis of the frequency and cross tables with gender as the independent variable were performed. To determine the significance of differences between variables Chi-square independence test was used at a significance level of p = 0.05. To examine the strength of the relationships between the variables bilateral correlation analysis were used (Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient). SPSS version 20.0 was used for analyzing the obtained empirical data. The population was characterized by high acceptance of adding fibre to foods. Almost two fifths of respondents fully accepted such modification, and only 13% of the population did not accept it. Significantly more women (42.5%) than men (33.8%) accepted the addition of dietary fibre to food. More than two fifths of population were familiar with and consumed white bread and fruit juice fortified with fibre. Perception of benefits and risks associated with consumption, and willingness to purchase both fibre enriched products did not differ significantly within the population. About 2/3 of respondents perceived the benefits from consumption of both products and a half of respondents did not see any health risk. Only one fifths of population did not declare intention to consume both products, while more than half of the respondents declared intention of eating bread (5.0%) and juice (54.5%) with the addition of fibre. The greater acceptance of adding fibre to foods in general, perception of the benefits and familiarity with the fibre enriched products, the greater acceptance of both products was demonstrated. However, in the case of bread with the addition of fibre the correlations were stronger compared with fruit juice. The results indicated that both products are accepted as carriers of additional fibre. Relatively high consumer’s acceptance of fibre enrichment in white bread and fruit juices allows to develop new products with a high chance of success.