Table 3.

Consumers' knowledge and purchase of functional eggs.

Characteristics	Number	Percentage
Ever heard of functional eggs
Heard	697	52.92
Never heard	620	47.08
Can accept a higher price per functional eggs than regular eggs
￥< 0.5	542	41.15
￥0.6-1.0	450	34.17
￥1.1–1.5	179	13.59
￥1.5–2.0	86	6.53
￥2.1–2.5	23	1.75
￥2.6–3.0	33	2.51
￥> 3.0	4	0.30
Percentage of functional eggs in egg consumption
Never purchased	992	75.32
Less than 20%	261	19.82
20–50%	104	7.90
50–80%	27	2.05
More than 80%	13	0.99