Survey Research on the Influencing Factors of Upcycled Food in China

Abstract

Upcycled food is an emerging food in China. This article uses a questionnaire survey to conduct an online mode on the influencing factors, development prospects, health, waste and environmental protection of upcycled food among three groups that are students, staff, and retirees. The results showed that the tendencies of the three surveys on the acceptance, development prospects, waste and environmental protection of upcycled food were basically consistent, with employees being the highest, followed by students, and retirees being the lowest, and it is indicated that employees are the most interested in the development prospects of the upcycled food. According to the research on the impact of upcycled food on health, retired people are the highest, followed by employees, and students are the lowest. It is possible that retired people are older, frail, and have weakened body functions, so they pay more attention to the impact of food on health. In the survey of six factors that influence factors of upcycled food are nutrition, taste, price, food safety, packaging, and famous food brands, the evaluation of factors affecting upcycled food is different at different age groups. Generally speaking, the evaluations of employees and retired people in China are relatively similar. They put food safety first, followed by nutrition. Food safety still occupies a very important position in the hearts of the older people, and their evaluation of packaging is the last one, followed by the brand of food, it is shown that older people are more pragmatic about food consumption. Compared with the evaluations of employees and retired people, the difference in evaluations of students is relatively large. Students believe that price is the most important, followed by nutrition, and food safety is ranked last. In recent years, some food safety incidents have it also keeps happening, but overall the food safety situation in China is getting better. In addition to nutrition, students, employees and retirees all have the same evaluation of food brands, and they all rank second to last, which shows that people are more pragmatic in their food consumption. These survey results provide a reference for the development and promotion of upcycled food in China to a certain extent.