| ANOVA | Analysis of Variance |
| ATT | Attitudinal |
| C | Control cupcake formulation |
| CO | Cupcake with sunflower oil |
| CO5%TM | Cupcake with 5% Tenebrio molitor flour |
| CO10%TM | Cupcake with 10% Tenebrio molitor flour |
| EFSA | European Food Safety Authority |
| ENEA | Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development |
| EU | European Union |
| HSD | Tukey’s Honestly Significant Difference |
| IBF | Insect-Based Food |
| IPIFF | International Platform of Insects for Food and Feed |
| ISTAT | Italian National Institute of Statistics |
| KNO | Knowledge-related |
| PC1 | First Principal Component |
| PC2 | Second Principal Component |
| PCA | Principal Component Analysis |
| POST | Attractiveness rating after disclosure |
| PRE | Attractiveness rating before disclosure |
| SD | Standard Deviation |
| TM | Tenebrio molitor |
| UNICAL | University of Calabria |