Korean Journal of Community Nutrition (대한지역사회영양학회지)

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The Effect of Consumers' Factors of Food Choices on Replacing Soft Drinks with Carbonated Water

탄산음료와 탄산수의 대체관계에 영향을 미치는 식품선택요인 연구

  • Park, Seoyoung (Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Seoul National University) ;
  • Lee, Dongmin (Research Institute of Agriculture and Life Sciences) ;
  • Jeong, Jaeseok (Graduate School of Pan-Pacific International Studies, Kyung Hee University) ;
  • Moon, Junghoon (Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, Seoul National University)
  • 박서영 (서울대학교 농경제사회학부) ;
  • 이동민 (서울대학교 농업생명과학연구원) ;
  • 정재석 (경희대학교 국제대학원 국제경영학과) ;
  • 문정훈 (서울대학교 농경제사회학부)
  • Received : 2019.06.11
  • Accepted : 2019.08.03
  • Published : 2019.08.30
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Abstract

Objectives: This research was conducted to identify the consumers' food choice factors that affect the consumers' replacement of soft drinks with carbonated water. Methods: The present study used secondary data from a consumer panel survey conducted by the Rural Development Administration of Korea, and the data included the panel members' purchase records based on their monthly spending receipts. The survey asked the participants about their food choice factors and their personal responsibility for their health. This survey included independent variables for the consumers' food purchase factors. As a dependent variable, two types of groups were defined. The replacement group included those people who increased their purchase of carbonated water and decreased their purchase of soft drinks. The non-replacement group included those people who did not change their purchase patterns or they increased their purchase of soft drinks and they decreased their purchase of carbonated water. Logistic regression analysis was conducted to determine the consumers' food choice factors that were associated with replacing soft drinks with carbonated water. Results: The replacement group was significantly associated with (1) a younger age (OR=0.953), (2) being a housewife (OR=2.03), (3) higher income (OR=1.001) and (4) less concern about price (OR=0.819) when purchasing food. This group also showed (5) higher enjoyment (OR=1.328) when choosing food and (6) they took greater responsibly for their personal health (OR=1.233). Conclusions: This research is the first study to mainly focus on soft drinks and carbonated water. The result of this research showed that young, health-conscious consumers with a higher income and who are more interested in food have more possibilities to replace soft drinks with carbonated water. These research findings may be applied to consumers who have characteristics that are similar to the young health-conscious consumers and the results can help to suggest ways to reduce sugar intake and improve public health. However, this research has a limitation due to the application of secondary data. Therefore, a future study is needed to develop detailed survey questions about food choice factors and to extend these factors to all beverages, including soft drinks made with sugar substitutes, so as to reflect the growth of alternative industries that use artificial sweeteners or different types of sugar to make commercially available drinks.

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