A Review of the Literature on Food Values and Their Potential Implications for Consumers&rsquo; Food Decision Processes

Femi-Oladunni, Opeyemi Afolabi; Ruiz-Palomino, Pablo; Martínez-Ruiz, María Pilar; Muro-Rodríguez, Ana Isabel

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A Review of the Literature on Food Values and Their Potential Implications for Consumers’ Food Decision Processes

Opeyemi Afolabi Femi-Oladunni

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Pablo Ruiz-Palomino

María Pilar Martínez-Ruiz

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Ana Isabel Muro-Rodríguez

Department of Spanish and International Economy, Econometrics and Economic History, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 45071 Toledo, Spain

Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 16071 Cuenca, Spain

Department of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Business Sciences, University of Castilla-La Mancha, 02071 Albacete, Spain

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Academic Editor: Flavio Boccia

Sustainability 2022, 14(1), 271; https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010271

Received: 18 November 2021 / Revised: 23 December 2021 / Accepted: 24 December 2021 / Published: 28 December 2021

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Sustainable Food Management and Marketing)

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This article offers a semi-systematic literature review on the concept of food values. Specifically, 36 relevant research articles were analyzed. The results underscore the novelty and rapid popularity of this concept in different professional, scientific, and academic fields. Among the findings, the article highlights how the concept of food values has evolved to accommodate the features and behaviors of specific markets. Nonetheless, one can group food values into three distinct clusters. This article expands our understanding on the evolution of food values along different dimensions (various clusters and segments related to geographic regions and social classes). It also identifies several research gaps and translates them into different research proposals. View Full-Text

Keywords: food values; food sector; consumer behavior; semi-systematic review

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Femi-Oladunni, O.A.; Ruiz-Palomino, P.; Martínez-Ruiz, M.P.; Muro-Rodríguez, A.I. A Review of the Literature on Food Values and Their Potential Implications for Consumers’ Food Decision Processes. Sustainability 2022, 14, 271. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010271

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Femi-Oladunni OA, Ruiz-Palomino P, Martínez-Ruiz MP, Muro-Rodríguez AI. A Review of the Literature on Food Values and Their Potential Implications for Consumers’ Food Decision Processes. Sustainability. 2022; 14(1):271. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010271

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Femi-Oladunni, Opeyemi A., Pablo Ruiz-Palomino, María P. Martínez-Ruiz, and Ana I. Muro-Rodríguez. 2022. "A Review of the Literature on Food Values and Their Potential Implications for Consumers’ Food Decision Processes" Sustainability 14, no. 1: 271. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14010271

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