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Plant-based beverages: Consumption habits, perception and knowledge on a sample of Portuguese citizens
| dc.contributor.author | Anjos, O. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Pires, Patrícia C.P. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gonçalves, Joana | |
| dc.contributor.author | Estevinho, Letícia M. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mendonça, António G. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Guiné, Raquel P. F. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-08-07T15:52:46Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-08-07T15:52:46Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Plant-based beverages (PBB) consumption has increased significantly worldwide due to an interest in vegetarian/vegan diets, taste preferences, health and ethical and environmental issues. Therefore, this study intends to investigate consumption habits, consumer preferences and consumers’ level of knowledge about PBB. In this study, a voluntary, anonymous questionnaire survey was applied to a sample of participants from Portugal. The sample was recruited by convenience, and therefore, the distribution among the groups was not even. Data analysis involved different statistical techniques: basic statistics, chi-square tests, factor analysis, cluster analysis and tree classification analysis. The results indicated that the most consumed PBB were almond, soy and oat beverages. The majority of consumers chose these beverages for nutritional and health reasons, while a smaller number consumed them as part of a vegetarian or vegan diet. The main motivations for consuming PBB are mainly associated with sustainability and health benefits. The results regarding the respondents’ knowledge about PBB revealed that a health-related profession was the most significant predictor. These results allowed us to conclude that the factors of nutrition, health, ethics and practice of a vegetarian/vegan diet influence the consumption of PBB. It was also concluded that being in a healthcare profession, along with age and professional status within this field, were significant factors influencing the level of knowledge about PBB. | eng |
| dc.description.sponsorship | CEF: UIDB/00239/2020 (DOI: 10.54499/UIDB/00239/2020) and TERRA (DOI:10.54499/LA/P/0092/2020);to CIMO (UIDB/00690/2020 and UIDP/00690/2020) and SusTEC (LA/P/0007/2021); to CICS-UBI projects UIDB/00709/2020 and UIDP/00709/2020 https://doi.org/10.54499/UIDB/00709/2020), financed by national funds through the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology/MCTES. The author expresses their gratitude to Natália Roque from IPCB for drawing up Figure 1. | |
| dc.identifier.citation | ANJOS, O. [et al.] (2024) - Plant-based beverages: Consumption habits, perception and knowledge on a sample of Portuguese citizens. Foods. 13, 3235. DOI: 10.3390/foods13203235 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/foods13203235 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.11/10283 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | |
| dc.peerreviewed | yes | |
| dc.publisher | MDPI | |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
| dc.subject | Plant-based beverages | |
| dc.subject | Questionnaire survey | |
| dc.subject | Almond | |
| dc.subject | Soy | |
| dc.subject | Oat | |
| dc.title | Plant-based beverages: Consumption habits, perception and knowledge on a sample of Portuguese citizens | eng |
| dc.type | research article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.title | Foods | |
| oaire.citation.volume | 13 | |
| oaire.version | http://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85 |