Table 5.

Association between participant food neophobia status and protein food source habits (N = 601).

Protein food source	Food neophobia
Red meat (beef, lamb)	0.004*
White meat (pork)	0.178~
White meat (poultry)	0.008~,*
Seafood (fish, shellfish)	<0.001~,*
Wild game (kangaroo, deer)	<0.001~,*
Dairy (milk, yoghurt)	0.165~
Eggs	0.040*
Plant-based protein foods (legumes, tofu)	<0.001*

Chi-squared analysis used unless indicated, ^~Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient, ^*Significance indicated at p < 0.05.