Consumer animal welfare and healthy perception of fresh sausages’ fiber fat replaced and elaborated with meat from non-castrated male pigs
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Egea, Macarena
Garrido, M. Dolores
Linares, M. Belén
Peñaranda, Irene
Publication date
2024-07-04ISSN
2048-7177
Abstract
Although replacement of fat with fiber is a good strategy to avoid boar taint on high-fat content products, as sausages, the final purchase intention is related to other external factors such as welfare and healthiness. So, the aim of this study was to evaluate the consumers' perception of sausages with fat replaced by fiber, elaborated with meat from non-castrated male pigs, and to determine the influence of the consumers' habits and demographic parameters on their beliefs related to pig castration. An online survey was carried out. A total of 131 consumers answered a questionnaire about habits and beliefs related to meat and meat product issues. Subsequently, they evaluated four images of labeled products (castrated–not castrated/normal–reduced-fat/traditional–high fiber content) with the Check-all-that-apply (CATA) test. In all, 87.7% of meat consumers perceived meat products as positive, although 71% trimmed the fat previous consumption. In a 9-point agreement scale, “Animal welfare worries me” obtained 7.5 and “the castration without anaesthesia should not be performed” 7.4. There was a higher grade of agreement with “castration of pigs justification to improve smell a flavour” in primary education level and in rural residence (p < .05). Sausages from castrated animals were perceived as fatty, juicy, appetizing, and animal cruelty. Reduced-fat and rich/high fiber sausages were not associated with “healthy” but with “expensive” and “unpleasant.” Although reduced-fat entire male pork sausages with vegetable fiber could be a better option for marketing uncastrated male pork, they will need more than fiber claims to be associated with healthy products and the consumer should be previously informed if he could appreciate the meaning of castration labeling.
Document Type
Article
Document version
Published version
Language
English
Subject (CDU)
663/664 - Food and nutrition. Enology. Oils. Fat
Pages
15
Publisher
Wiley Open Access
Is part of
Food Science & Nutrition
Citation
Egea, Macarena, M Dolores Garrido, Maria Font‐i‐Furnols, Núria Panella‐Riera, M Belen Linares, and Irene Peñaranda. 2024. “Consumer animal welfare and healthy perception of fresh sausages’ fiber fat replaced and elaborated with meat from non‐castrated male pigs”. Food Science & Nutrition. doi:10.1002/fsn3.4278.
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INIA/Programa Estatal de I+D+I orientada a los retos de la sociedad/RTA2017-00039-C02-02/ES/Desarrollo de estrategias tecnológicas que garanticen la calidad sensorial de la carne y productos derivados de cerdos machos enteros y permitan su comercialización en el mercado nacional y de exportación/Class&Mask
Program
Qualitat i Tecnologia Alimentària
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