Is “Wild” a Food Quality Attribute? Heavy Metal Content in Wild and Cultivated Sea Buckthorn and Consumers’ Risk Perception
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Theoretical Framework and Hypotheses
3. Materials and Methods
4. Results
5. Discussion
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Appendix A
Investigated Variable | Respondent Group * | Question | Answer Option |
---|---|---|---|
1. Consumption of SBT | SBTc/ SBTnc | Do you consume SBT? | 1 = Yes 2 = No |
2. The frequency of SBT consumption | SBTc | Some people eat sea buckthorn daily, others several times a week or a month, and others do one or more treatments a year, with a duration preferred by each. Estimate how many days a year you consume SBT products? | Number of days/year:…. |
SBTnc | Why do you not consume SBT? | (a) I do not have time (b) I do not care (c) I don’t like the taste (d) I don’t like the smell (e) SBT do not do me any good (I am allergic to it, it causes me acidity, etc.) (f) It seems complicated to me to consume it (g) I think it doesn’t have a significant beneficial effect on my health (h) I do not trust the quality of SBT available on the market (i) Another reason (I do not know its properties; it was not recommended by doctor; I use other plants) (multiple answers can be selected) | |
3. Preference for SBT products from spontaneous flora against SBT from cultivated plants | SBTc | What do you prefer to buy when you have a choice? | 1 = SBT with ingredients from spontaneous flora 2 = SBT with ingredients from cultivated plants 3 = Indifferent |
SBTnc | If you were to consume SBT, what would you prefer to buy, when you had the choice? | ||
4. Importance of wild origin of SBT products | SBTc | How important is for you that the SBT products you consume are from spontaneous flora? | Write a percentage that indicates importance for you on a scale from 0 to 100, where, for example: 0 = you are not interested at all ……., 50 = you are interested in the average measure, ………. 100 = you are extremely interested |
SBTnc | If you consumed SBT, how important would it be for you that the SBT you eat are from wild plants? | ||
5a. Perception of the risk level of contamination with toxic residues of SBT from wild plants because they grew on contaminated mining land. Refer to SBT products obtained from wild plants | SBTc | How high do you think the risk is that the SBT you consume and that were obtained from wild plants contain toxic residues because the plants grew on land with mining residues? | Write a percentage on a scale from 100% to 0%: ………. Meaning: 100% = sure they contain toxic substances due to the fact that the plants grew on land with mining residues; 75% = there is a 75% risk of containing toxic substances due to the fact that the plants grew on land with mining residues; 50% = I don’t know: maybe yes, maybe no; 0% = certainly they do not contain toxic substances due to the fact that the plants grew on land with mining residues. |
SBTnc | If you consumed SBT from wild plants, how much do you think there would be a risk that they would contain toxic substances due to the fact that the plants grew on land with mining residues? | ||
5b. Perception of the risk level of contamination with toxic residues of SBT because they were cultivated on contaminated mining land. Refer to SBT products obtained from cultivated plants | SBTc | How high do you think the risk is that the SBT you consume and that were obtained from cultivated plants contain toxic residues because they were cultivated on land with mining residues? | Write a percentage on a scale from 100% to 0%: Meaning: 100% = sure they contain toxic substances due to the fact that the plants were cultivated on land with mining residues; 75% = there is a 75% risk of containing toxic substances due to the fact that the plants were cultivated on land with mining residues; 50% = I don’t know: maybe yes, maybe no; 0% = certainly they do not contain toxic substances due to the fact that the plants were cultivated on land with mining residues. |
SBTnc | If you consumed SBT from cultivated plants, how much do you think there would be a risk that they would contain toxic substances due to the fact that the plants were cultivated on land with mining residues? | ||
6. The perceived effects of SBT consumption on the health | SBTc | How do you consider the effects of SBT products | 0 = Very harmful…5= no effect…10 = Very beneficial |
SBTnc | If you consumed SBT, how do you think their effects would be on your health? | ||
7. Concerns about various risks of SBT-based products | SBTc | Are you worried about the following risks related to the SBT products you consume? (a) They are counterfeit (b) They are inferior in quality (they contain poor quality ingredients, e.g., the plants were not harvested at the right time) (c) They do not comply with hygiene standards (d) They contain pesticides (e) They contain hormones (f) They contain drug residues (g) They contain additives (h) They contain genetically modified organisms (i) They contain other toxic residues because they grew on soil contaminated with mining residues (j) The origin of the ingredients is unknown (k) They also contain other ingredients which effects I do not know, and this can affect my health (l) When SBT products are taken with certain medicines prescribed by a doctor, the effects can be dangerous (for example, the energizing action of SBT may explain the state of hyperexcitability; the blood thinning action of SBT may explain, for example, nasal bleeding, so, caution is recommended when administering SBT with Clopidogrel ratiopharm / Plavix). (m) They will not produce the desired curative effects (n) They can create addiction (o) They have not been controlled / tested by the manufacturing companies to verify if they are safe for the consumer’s health (e.g., they do not contain toxic substances, other substances harmful to health, etc.) | |
SBTnc | If you consumed SBT, would you be concerned about the following dangers associated with these products? ** | ||
SBTc | What else worries you about your consumption of SBT? | Open answer | |
SBTnc | What else would you worry if you consumed SBT? |
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Variable | Frequency | Mean | Standard Deviation |
---|---|---|---|
Gender | |||
M | 48.8% | ||
F | 51.2% | ||
Age (years) | 45.6 | 15.6 | |
Living environment | |||
Urban | 84.1% | ||
Rural | 15.9% | ||
Education | |||
8 years | 3.4% | ||
12 years | 34.1% | ||
Graduate | 62.5% | ||
Income | |||
Max 400/month | 25.5% | ||
401–800 euro/month | 45.6% | ||
801–1200 euro/month | 11.3% | ||
1201–1600 euro/month | 4.4% | ||
1601–2000 euro/month | 2% | ||
Over 2000 euro/month | 0.5% | ||
No answer | 10.7% |
Variable | Frequency | Average Value |
---|---|---|
SBT products consumption a | ||
Yes | 77.2% | |
No | 22.8% | |
Average no. of days with consumption b | 78.9 | |
Reasons for not consuming SBT (frequencies are calculated for non-consumers) c | ||
I cannot find SBT | 15.1% | |
I do not have time | 10.8% | |
I do not care | 14.0% | |
I don’t like the taste | 26.9% | |
I don’t like the smell | 7.5% | |
SBT does not do me any good (I am allergic to it, it causes me acidity, etc.) | 8.6% | |
It seems complicated to me to consume it | 6.5% | |
I think it doesn’t have a significant beneficial effect on my health | 7.5% | |
I do not trust the quality of SBT available on the market | 6.5% | |
Another reason (I do not know its properties; my doctor did not recommend it; I use other plants) | 11.8% | |
Preferred type of SBT a | ||
Wild | 39% | |
Cultivated | 33.8% | |
Indifferent | 27.2% | |
Importance that the SBT are of wild origin a | 82.3 (points) | |
Risk of contamination with toxic residues of SBT because they grow on contaminated land a | ||
Wild | 40.14% | |
Cultivated | 36.34% | |
SBT effects on respondent’s health a | 8.5 (points) | |
Concerns about various risks related to SBT a,d | ||
| 31.6% | |
| 41.2% | |
| 49.5% | |
| 52.2% | |
| 29.4% | |
| 34.6% | |
| 45.1% | |
| 36.8% | |
| 49.5% | |
| 50.7% | |
| 46.3% | |
| 44.9% | |
| 32.8% | |
| 12.5% | |
| 43.6% | |
Average risk e | 1.6 (points) |
Sampling Location | Fe | Cu | Cr | Pb | Cd | Zn | Ni | Mn |
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(mg/kg Fresh Weight) | ||||||||
Tailing dump (Lupeni coal mining —Hunedoara County), sample 1 | 19.37 | 7.38 | 0.59 | 0.033 | 0.032 | 8.54 | 0.56 | 4.21 |
Tailing dump (Lupeni coal mining—Hunedoara County), sample 2 | 19.30 | 66.44 | 0.80 | 0.053 | 0.041 | 54.13 | 1.12 | 3.95 |
Tailing dump (Vulcan coal mining —Hunedoara County), sample 3 | 25.89 | 3.56 | 0.88 | 0.047 | 0.039 | 6.28 | 0.16 | 1.92 |
Tailing dump (Plopiș-Răchițele non-ferrous mining—Maramureș County), sample 4 | 6.51 | 1.58 | 0.84 | 0.034 | 0.010 | 3.72 | 0.18 | 4.28 |
Farmer garden, sample 1 (Cluj county, Apahida, Corpadea village), sample 5 | 3.41 | 1.17 | 0.21 | 0.006 | 0.002 | 1.25 | 0.33 | 1.67 |
Farmer garden, sample 2 (Cluj county, Apahida, Corpadea village), sample 6 | 4.20 | 1.43 | 0.28 | 0.008 | 0.002 | 1.44 | 0.48 | 1.96 |
Supermarket, sample 7 | 5.50 | 1.38 | 0.25 | 0.012 | ND * | 1.95 | 0.24 | 1.81 |
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 of 19 December 2006 and Commission Regulation (EU) 2015/1005 amending Regulation (EC) No 1881/2006 as regards maximum levels of lead in certain foodstuffs | - | - | - | 0.2 ** | 0.05 | - | - | - |
FAO & WHO [54] | 0.1 *** |
Independent Variable | Dependent Variable | B | S.E. | Wald | df | p | OR |
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Wild SBT: Perceived risk of contamination with toxic residues | SBT consumption | 0.004 | 0.005 | 0.580 | 1 | 0.446 | 1.004 |
Cultivated SBT: Perceived risk of contamination with toxic residues | −0.003 | 0.005 | 0.396 | 1 | 0.529 | 0.997 | |
Perceived effect of SBT consumption on respondent’s health | −0.517 | 0.076 | 46.786 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.597 | |
Average concern about various risks related to risk of SBT consumption | 0.243 | 0.384 | 0.399 | 1 | 0.528 | 1.274 | |
Constant | 2.585 | 0.911 | 8.049 | 1 | 0.005 | 13.259 |
Pairwise Comparisons of Preferences for a Certain Type of SBT Products | |||||
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Sample 1–Sample 2 | Test Statistic | Std. Error | Std. Test Statistic | Sig. | Adj. Sig. a |
Wild-Cultivated | −38.289 | 13.342 | −2.870 | 0.004 | 0.012 |
Wild-Indifferent | −42.128 | 14.184 | −2.970 | 0.003 | 0.009 |
Cultivated-Indifferent | −3.839 | 14.621 | −0.263 | 0.793 | 1.000 |
Hypothesis | Results |
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H1. The SBT from spontaneous (wild) flora contains more toxic residues compared to cultivated SBT. | H1 was confirmed. |
H2. People perceive a higher risk of contamination for wild SBT compared to cultivated SBT. | H2 was confirmed. |
H3. There is a difference among people who prefer SBT from wild sources, those who prefer cultivated, and those with no preference regarding the perceived risk of wild (H3a) and cultivated (H3b) SBT contamination with toxic residues because they grow on contaminated land. | H3a (focused on wild SBT) was partially confirmed. Differences regarding the contamination risk of SBT from wild origin were observed between: - people who preferred wild SBT and those who preferred cultivated SBT; - people who preferred wild SBT and those with no preference No difference was found between people who preferred cultivated SBT and those with no preference. H3b (focused on cultivated SBT) was rejected. |
H4. SBT consumption is predicted by (i) the perceived risk of contamination with toxic residues of wild SBT, (ii) the perceived risk of contamination with toxic residues of cultivated SBT, (iii) the average level of concern about various risks related to SBT, and (iv) the perceived effect of SBT consumption on respondent’s health. | H4 was partially confirmed. The variable “perceived effect of SBT consumption on respondent’s health” has prediction power on SBT consumption, while the other three tested variables do not have contribute significantly to the prediction of SBT consumption. |
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Petrescu-Mag, R.M.; Vermeir, I.; Roba, C.; Petrescu, D.C.; Bican-Brisan, N.; Martonos, I.M. Is “Wild” a Food Quality Attribute? Heavy Metal Content in Wild and Cultivated Sea Buckthorn and Consumers’ Risk Perception. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 9463. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189463
Petrescu-Mag RM, Vermeir I, Roba C, Petrescu DC, Bican-Brisan N, Martonos IM. Is “Wild” a Food Quality Attribute? Heavy Metal Content in Wild and Cultivated Sea Buckthorn and Consumers’ Risk Perception. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(18):9463. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189463
Chicago/Turabian StylePetrescu-Mag, Ruxandra Malina, Iris Vermeir, Carmen Roba, Dacinia Crina Petrescu, Nicoleta Bican-Brisan, and Ildiko Melinda Martonos. 2021. "Is “Wild” a Food Quality Attribute? Heavy Metal Content in Wild and Cultivated Sea Buckthorn and Consumers’ Risk Perception" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 18: 9463. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18189463