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. 2017 Oct;9:88–99. doi: 10.1016/j.ijgfs.2017.06.001

Table 1.

The gastronomic system for rice consumption for urban Filipino premium-rice consumers, as contextualised through expert elicitation.

Context
Urban Filipinos purchasing and consuming premium-quality rice
Occasion Breakfast AM/PM snack Lunch/dinner
Relative frequency of occasion (%) 9.6 44.8 44.8
Dish Silog meals Congee/ porridge Rice delicacies Rice noodles Braised meat Risotto Roasted chicken
Relative frequency of dish (%) 75 25 25 75 50 10 40
Ingredients
Main non-rice ingredients and relative frequency of use (%) Meat 100 Chicken 75 Sugar 100 Vegetables 50 Meat 100 Cheese 100 Meat 100
Egg 100 Coconut milk 100 Meat 50
Flour 100
Method of rice preparation Steamed 100 Boiled 100 Boiled 50 Stir-fried 100 Steamed 100 Steamed 100 Steamed 100
Fried 100 Steamed 50
Level of rice-viand integration (%) 50 100 100 100 50 100 50
Methods for rice consumption and relative frequency (%) Spoon and fork 100 Spoon 100 By hand 75 Spoon and fork 100 By hand 50 Spoon 100 Spoon and fork 75
Fork 25 Fork 50 By hand 25
Rice quality requirements (importance score)
 Appearance 100 50 50 0 75 100 100
 Absence of bran 80 100 100 100 75 80 90
 Aroma 70 80 50 0 75 50 50
 Taste 70 80 50 0 100 50 100
 Texture 100 75 100 50 100 100 100
Context
Urban Filipinos purchasing and consuming premium-quality rice
Occasion Other special occasions Christmas and New Year
Relative frequency of occasion (%) 0.7 0.1
Dish Paella Lechón Rice cakes Arroz à la valenciana Stuffed meats Sticky rice cakes
Relative frequency of dish (%) 25 50 25 33 33 33
Ingredients
Main non-rice ingredients and relative frequency of use (%) Meat 100 Meat 100 Sugar 100 Meat 100 Meat 100 Sugar 100
Coconut milk 100 Vegetables 100 Coconut milk 100
Flour 100 Flour 100
Method of rice preparation Steamed 40 Steamed 100 Boiled 50 Steamed 40 Baked 75 Boiled 50
Pilaf 60 Steamed 50 Pilaf 60 Boiled 25 Steamed 50
Level of rice-viand integration (%) 100 50 100 100 100 100
Methods for rice consumption and relative frequency (%) Spoon and fork 100 Spoon and fork 75 Fork 25 Spoon and fork 100 Spoon and fork 100 Fork 25
By hand 25 By hand 75 By hand 75
Rice quality requirements (importance score)
 Appearance 100 100 50 100 50 50
 Absence of bran 90 90 10 90 100 100
 Aroma 30 50 50 30 50 50
 Taste 50 100 50 50 50 50
 Texture 100 100 100 100 50 100