Application and validation of a Chinese version of the food choice questionnaire (FCQ)

•The C-FCQ with 26 items has good reliability and validity.•The C-FCQ has eight first-order dimensions and three second-order dimensions.•Sensory appeal, health and convenience are the most important motives for Chinese. To improve healthier food choice behaviors, it is necessary to investigate indi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Food quality and preference 2024-11, Vol.120, p.105260, Article 105260
Hauptverfasser: Du, Tingting, Luo, Changlin, Gao, Zhibing, Chang, Yuwen, Zhuang, Xiangling, Ma, Guojie
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Zusammenfassung:•The C-FCQ with 26 items has good reliability and validity.•The C-FCQ has eight first-order dimensions and three second-order dimensions.•Sensory appeal, health and convenience are the most important motives for Chinese. To improve healthier food choice behaviors, it is necessary to investigate individual’s perceived importance of relevant motives involved in food purchase decisions. In this study, the Food Choice Questionnaire (FCQ) was introduced to the Chinese population, and a more robust FCQ version (C-FCQ) containing 26 items loaded on eight first-order factors (Health, Nature content, Weight control, Mood, Familiarity, Sensory appeal, Convenience, Price) and three second-order factors (Composition concerns, Senses and Emotions, Time and Money saving) was obtained. There were 964 Chinese adults (66.49 % female) in this study, and 69 of whom completed a retest two weeks later. The composite reliability of the first and the second-order factors are above 0.7, and the test–retest reliability was 0.849. The C-FCQ was successfully used to compare differences in food choice motivation among Chinese groups with different demographic characteristics. The results showed that there were significant differences in food choice motivations among the different groups, and Sensory appeal, Health, and Price were the most important factors in Chinese residents’ food choices.
ISSN:0950-3293
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DOI:10.1016/j.foodqual.2024.105260