Marketing Biotech Soybeans with Functional Health Attributes
"This study investigates possible marketing strategies for biotechnology (biotech) functional foods in the U.S. market. Means-end chain theory is used to translate consumer product knowledge into self-knowledge, where knowledge is presumed to be organized in a hierarchy with concrete thoughts linked to more abstract thoughts in a sequence progressing from means to ends. A sample of 60 households was randomly drawn from the population of a Midwest town. The random sample was drawn from a population of females aged 20 to 50 with children and who regularly purchase yogurt products. Eight products with various attributes and production technologies were ranked by the participants prior to a hard laddering interview. The study found that biotech functional foods were generally acceptable to the participants. Functional attributes, such as higher protein, increased calcium, and lower cholesterol, were valued by the consumers. Soy was considered inferior on the basis of taste for some segments of consumers unfamiliar with soymilk. On the other hand, consumers already purchasing soymilk were more willing to purchase functional soy attributes and have more complex purchasing decisions (cognitive maps). These consumers associate soy with attaining values of "better health,""taking care of family,""happiness," and "more choice."" Copyright 2006 Canadian Agricultural Economics Society.
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2006
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Authors: | Chema, S. Kambua ; Marks, Leonie A. ; Parcell, Joseph L. ; Bredahl, Maury |
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Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie. - Canadian Agricultural Economics Society - CAES. - Vol. 54.2006, 4, p. 685-703
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Canadian Agricultural Economics Society - CAES |
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