Foods,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
12(15), P. 2941 - 2941
Published: Aug. 3, 2023
Eco-labels
are
an
instrument
for
enabling
informed
food
choices
and
supporting
a
demand-sided
change
towards
urgently
needed
sustainable
system.
Lately,
novel
eco-labels
that
depict
product’s
environmental
life
cycle
assessment
on
multi-level
scale
being
tested
across
Europe’s
retailers.
This
study
elicits
consumers’
preferences
willingness
to
pay
(WTP)
eco-label.
A
Discrete
Choice
Experiment
was
conducted;
representative
sample
(n
=
536)
the
Austrian
population
targeted
via
online
survey.
Individual
partworth
utilities
were
estimated
by
means
of
Hierarchical
Bayes.
The
results
show
higher
WTP
positively
evaluated
label,
revealing
perceived
benefits
colorful
labels
over
binary
black-and-white
designs.
Even
negatively
label
associated
with
compared
one
no
pointing
limited
effectiveness
eco-labels.
Respondents’
independent
from
their
subjective
eco-label
knowledge,
health
consciousness,
concern.
attribute
“protein
source”
most
important,
preference
animal-based
protein
source
(beef)
strongly
correlated
meat
attachment,
implying
shift
more
sources
is
challenging,
sustainability
have
only
small
impact
product
choice
average
consumers.
Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems,
Journal Year:
2024,
Volume and Issue:
8
Published: May 30, 2024
The
triple
burden
of
obesity,
undernutrition
and
climate
change
calls
for
systemic
action
to
find
solutions
that
co-benefit
human
planetary
health.
A
Nutritional
Life
Cycle
Assessment
(nLCA)
can
be
used
as
a
tool
assess
the
health-
environmental
impact
foods
guide
transition
healthy
sustainable
diets.
Thus
far,
nLCAs
have
nutrient
content
represent
their
health
impact,
whereas
disease
risk
linked
under-
or
overconsuming
certain
nutrients,
food
groups
has
been
largely
underutilized.
This
study
explored,
Dutch
diet,
correlation
between
an
indicator
essential
density
individual
items,
i.e.,
Nutrient
Rich
Food
index
with
24
nutrients
(NRF24)
HEalth
Index
(HENI),
respectively.
NRF24
HENI
scores
were
calculated
items
contained
in
Composition
database.
very
weak
values
confirmed
should
considered
complementary
thus,
high
does
not
directly
imply
low
burden,
vice
versa.
Moreover,
direction
strength
was
group-dependent,
negative
correlations
mainly
observed
animal-based
products,
exception
dairy.
In
addition,
nutrition-based
indicators
greenhouse
gas
emissions,
land
use
water
mostly
weak,
which
stresses
need
include
traditional
LCAs
because
trade-offs
due
impacts.
We
therefore
conclude
multiple
side-by-side
nLCA
avoid
missing
important
information
when
assessing
performance
Eco-labels
are
an
instrument
for
enabling
informed
food
choices
and
supporting
a
demand-sided
change
towards
more
urgently
needed
sustainable
system.
Lately,
novel
eco-labels
that
depict
product’s
environmental
life-cycle
assessment
on
multi-level
scale
being
tested
across
Europe’s
retailers.
This
study
elicits
consumers
preferences
willingness
to
pay
(WTP)
eco-label.
A
Discrete
Choice
Experiment
was
conducted
in
Austria.
Individual
partworth
utilities
were
estimated
by
means
of
Hierarchical
Bayes.
Results
show
higher
WTP
positive
evaluated
label,
revealing
consumers’
perceived
benefits
colorful
labels
over
binary
black-and-white
designs.
Even
negative
label
showed
compared
no
pointing
limited
effectiveness
eco-labels.
Respondents’
independent
from
their
subjective
eco-label
knowledge,
health
consciousness,
concern.
The
attribute
“protein
source”
most
important,
animal-based
protein
source
(beef)
strongly
correlated
with
meat
attachment,
implying
shift
sources
is
challenging
sustainability
have
only
small
impact
the
product
choice
average
consumers.
Foods,
Journal Year:
2023,
Volume and Issue:
12(15), P. 2941 - 2941
Published: Aug. 3, 2023
Eco-labels
are
an
instrument
for
enabling
informed
food
choices
and
supporting
a
demand-sided
change
towards
urgently
needed
sustainable
system.
Lately,
novel
eco-labels
that
depict
product’s
environmental
life
cycle
assessment
on
multi-level
scale
being
tested
across
Europe’s
retailers.
This
study
elicits
consumers’
preferences
willingness
to
pay
(WTP)
eco-label.
A
Discrete
Choice
Experiment
was
conducted;
representative
sample
(n
=
536)
the
Austrian
population
targeted
via
online
survey.
Individual
partworth
utilities
were
estimated
by
means
of
Hierarchical
Bayes.
The
results
show
higher
WTP
positively
evaluated
label,
revealing
perceived
benefits
colorful
labels
over
binary
black-and-white
designs.
Even
negatively
label
associated
with
compared
one
no
pointing
limited
effectiveness
eco-labels.
Respondents’
independent
from
their
subjective
eco-label
knowledge,
health
consciousness,
concern.
attribute
“protein
source”
most
important,
preference
animal-based
protein
source
(beef)
strongly
correlated
meat
attachment,
implying
shift
more
sources
is
challenging,
sustainability
have
only
small
impact
product
choice
average
consumers.
