Attitudes of Young Tri-City Residents toward Game Meat in the Context of Food Neophobia and a Tendency to Look for Diversity in Food

Dominika Mesinger (), Aneta Ocieczek, Witold Kozirok and Tomasz Owczarek
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Dominika Mesinger: Faculty of Management and Quality Science, Gdynia Maritime University, 81-225 Gdynia, Poland
Aneta Ocieczek: Faculty of Management and Quality Science, Gdynia Maritime University, 81-225 Gdynia, Poland
Witold Kozirok: Faculty of Management and Quality Science, Gdynia Maritime University, 81-225 Gdynia, Poland
Tomasz Owczarek: Faculty of Management and Quality Science, Gdynia Maritime University, 81-225 Gdynia, Poland

IJERPH, 2023, vol. 20, issue 5, 1-22

Abstract: To conduct rational hunting management, a certain number of wild animals must be harvested yearly. However, some countries have a problem with managing the harvested meat. An example is Poland, where game consumption is estimated at 0.08 kg/person/year. This situation leads to environmental pollution as a result of meat exports. The level of environmental pollution depends on the type of transport and distance. However, the use of meat in the country of harvesting would generate less pollution than its export. Three constructs were used in the study, which aimed to determine whether the respondents show food neophobia, whether they are willing to seek diversity in food, and what their attitudes towards game meat are. All the scales used were previously validated. Four-hundred and fifty-three questionnaires were collected using the PAPI method. It was found that the respondents showed ambivalent attitudes towards game meat to the greatest extent (76.6%), 16.34% had positive attitudes, and 7.06% had negative attitudes. It seems essential that most of the respondents were highly inclined to look for variety in food (55.85%). Regarding food neophobia, there were 51.43% of people with medium neophobia, while also many people with a low level of neophobia—43.05%. Such results allow speculation that the respondents are open to the new food, they are looking for it, and the low level of game meat consumption is primarily due to the lack of knowledge and awareness about the value of this meat.

Keywords: game meat; attitudes; FNS; VARSEEK; GMAS; sustainable consumption; food (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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