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November 18, 2019
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Spanish Consumer Purchase Behaviour and Stated Preferences for Yoghurts with Nutritional and Health Claims

Publicated to: Nutrients. 11 (11): E2742- - 2019-11-01 11(11), DOI: 10.3390/nu11112742

Authors:

Ballco, Petjon; De Magistris, Tiziana
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Affiliations

Gobierno Aragon, Ctr Invest & Tecnol Agroalimentaria Aragon CITA, Unidad Econ Agroalimentaria & Recursos Nat, Zaragoza 50004, Spain - Author
Univ Zaragoza, Inst Agroalimentario Aragon, IA2, CITA, E-50009 Zaragoza, Spain - Author

Abstract

© 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. Nutritional and health claims are a useful tool for promoting healthier food choices and prevent non-communicable disease[s] (NCDs). Exhaustive literature that has investigated consumer evaluation of the presence of nutritional and/or health claim(s) during the decision-making process suggests that consumers’ sensitivity towards nutritional claims (NCs) and health claims (HCs) are still fragmented and should be further investigated. Our objective is to study the relationship between choice behaviour, attitudes and socio-demographic characteristics in order to evaluate the effectiveness of consumer characteristics in predicting Spanish consumers’ choice of products with NCs and HCs. A discrete choice experiment for yoghurt was conducted on a sample of 218 Spanish consumers, stratified by age, gender, education level, and income. Applying a latent class approach has enabled us to identify a niche of individuals, sensitive of NCs and HCs and to characterize them with respect to the rest of population. Results suggest that consumers positively valued most claims, however, the valuation was heterogeneous, and three consumer segments were identified: ‘health-claims oriented’, ‘nutritional-and health-claim oriented’ and ‘indifferent’. The results supply insights for the development of more targeted promotion campaigns, as well as for further actions in food marketing.
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Keywords

AdolescentAdultChoice behaviorChoice paradigmConsumer behaviorDiet, healthyFeeding behaviorFemaleFood labelingHealth claimsHealth knowledge, attitudes, practiceHeterogeneous preferencesHumansMaleMiddle agedNutritional claimsNutritive valueSpainYogurtYoung adult

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Nutrients due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2019, it was in position 17/89, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Nutrition & Dietetics.

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-07:

  • Google Scholar: 28
  • WoS: 21
  • Scopus: 22
  • Europe PMC: 9
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-07:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 97.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 97 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 4.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (Ballco, Petjon) and Last Author (De Magistris, Tiziana).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been De Magistris, Tiziana.

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