Exploring which foods can be used as high protein carriers for adults older than 50 years

The developed questionnaire included questions related to sociodemographic characteristics (age, marital status, education, gender, financial status, place of residence), dietary and food purchasing habits, food choice motives and knowledge of protein function. While there was no effect of most of the sociodemographic characteristics on willingness to consume the food products under investigation, there was a gender effect on the willingness to consume yoghurt, as revealed from a Mann-Whitney U test (U = 377, p = 0.005) with female participants more willing to consume yoghurt (mean willingness score 3.26) than male (1.95). [...]it is important to raise awareness in protein function. 1.