Validation of an Indonesian version of the Entomophagy Attitudes Questionnaire
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While insect protein is increasingly promoted as a sustainable ingredient in human food and animal feed alike, many consumers are unwilling to try it. Survey instruments such as the Entomophagy Attitudes Questionnaire and Food Neophobia Scale measure consumer acceptance of insects as food or feed and some key determinants of these attitudes: disgust and food neophobia. The research has been biased towards Western and English-speaking populations, but the greatest benefits of sustainable insect production are in the Global South. Following the methods of similar studies in other countries, this study successfully translated versions of these two survey instruments into the Indonesian language. To verify the translations, a pilot study compared responses to the survey instruments with stated familiarity with and willingness to eat different foods common or uncommon to Indonesia, and acceptance of different products associated with edible insects, including meat from animals fed insects as feed. Internal and external validity was determined with Rasch analysis. The acceptance of insects and food neophobia predicted with their respective questionnaires correlated with the experimentally determined willingness to consume insect-associated and novel foods, suggesting adequate criterion validity. Stated willingness to try insects once and to adopt insects into the diet regularly should they be commercially available did not differ. These survey instruments demonstrated high reliability and can be applied to future investigations of attitudes to novel food in Indonesia.
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Abstract
While insect protein is increasingly promoted as a sustainable ingredient in human food and animal feed alike, many consumers are unwilling to try it. Survey instruments such as the Entomophagy Attitudes Questionnaire and Food Neophobia Scale measure consumer acceptance of insects as food or feed and some key determinants of these attitudes: disgust and food neophobia. The research has been biased towards Western and English-speaking populations, but the greatest benefits of sustainable insect production are in the Global South. Following the methods of similar studies in other countries, this study successfully translated versions of these two survey instruments into the Indonesian language. To verify the translations, a pilot study compared responses to the survey instruments with stated familiarity with and willingness to eat different foods common or uncommon to Indonesia, and acceptance of different products associated with edible insects, including meat from animals fed insects as feed. Internal and external validity was determined with Rasch analysis. The acceptance of insects and food neophobia predicted with their respective questionnaires correlated with the experimentally determined willingness to consume insect-associated and novel foods, suggesting adequate criterion validity. Stated willingness to try insects once and to adopt insects into the diet regularly should they be commercially available did not differ. These survey instruments demonstrated high reliability and can be applied to future investigations of attitudes to novel food in Indonesia.
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