Scarpato Debora, Rotondo Giacomo, Simeone Mariarosaria
Department of Economics and Legal Studies, University of Naples Parthenope, 80133 Napoli, NA, Italy.
Department of Law, Economics, Management and Quantitative Methods (DEMM), University of Sannio, Via delle Puglie 82, 82100 Benevento, BN, Italy.
Foods. 2022 Jun 29;11(13):1941. doi: 10.3390/foods11131941.
The purpose of this paper is to analyse the perception of environmental attributes and food safety in Italy and Spain and how these different perceptions influence the importance of various attributes and certifications related to food. These two countries have a common root and some undeniable similarities, but there are two completely distinct individualities. Three main research questions have, thus, been identified: attention to food safety regarding Italian and Spanish consumers; the role of ecological certifications in the perception of health in the two countries; the role of the brand and the choice of organic products in the perception of food safety. To answer the research questions, a questionnaire was administered, face to face, to a sample of both Spanish consumers and Italian consumers. The analysis of the data collected through the questionnaires was administered using two logistic regressions to identify which variables influence issues concerning the health and safety of food products. A Spanish consumer interested in ecological certifications is also a consumer who is attentive to the safety and health of food consumption. Looking at Italian consumers, it is highly probable that a consumer who assesses ecological certifications positively is also a consumer concerned about food safety, but this probability increases the likelihood this consumer's choices are guided by brands and frequent consumption of organic products. This research has allowed us to highlight sharp differences in the approach to consumption in these two countries, which, despite similar cultures and the same sensitivity to environmental and food safety issues, exhibit marked differences in the selection of food products.
本文旨在分析意大利和西班牙对环境属性与食品安全的认知，以及这些不同的认知如何影响与食品相关的各种属性和认证的重要性。这两个国家有着共同的根源和一些不可否认的相似之处，但也有两个完全不同的个性。因此，确定了三个主要研究问题：意大利和西班牙消费者对食品安全的关注；生态认证在两国健康认知中的作用；品牌和有机产品选择在食品安全认知中的作用。为了回答这些研究问题，我们对西班牙消费者和意大利消费者样本进行了面对面问卷调查。通过对问卷收集的数据进行分析，使用两个逻辑回归来确定哪些变量会影响食品产品健康和安全相关问题。对生态认证感兴趣的西班牙消费者也是关注食品消费安全和健康的消费者。对于意大利消费者来说，积极评估生态认证的消费者很可能也是关注食品安全的消费者，但这种可能性增加了该消费者的选择受品牌和频繁消费有机产品影响的可能性。这项研究使我们能够突出这两个国家在消费方式上的显著差异，尽管它们文化相似，对环境和食品安全问题的敏感度相同，但在食品产品选择上表现出明显差异。
