Table 5.
Factor analysis with a varimax rotation.
Factor 1 | Factor 2 | Factor 3 | Factor 4 | Factor 5 | Factor 6 | Factor 7 | |
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Health aspects (α = 0.95) ** | |||||||
Health effects | 0.87 | ||||||
Proteic | 0.78 | ||||||
Caloric | 0.86 | ||||||
Fat | 0.84 | ||||||
Hygienic | 0.84 | ||||||
Geographic | 0.76 | ||||||
Seasons | 0.77 | ||||||
Traditions | 0.69 | ||||||
Environmental impact | 0.80 | ||||||
Social impact | 0.77 | ||||||
Production method | 0.76 | ||||||
Food neophobia (α = 0.99) ** | |||||||
New * | 0.72 | ||||||
Different culture * | 0.95 | ||||||
New food * | 0.78 | ||||||
Ethnic restaurant * | 0.82 | ||||||
Food technology neophobia (α = 0.76) ** | |||||||
No technology | 0.74 | ||||||
Environmental benefits overestimated | 0.88 | ||||||
World hunger overestimated | 0.87 | ||||||
Low quality | 0.77 | ||||||
Good enough | 0.75 | ||||||
Unknown effect on health | 0.56 | ||||||
Type of pasta (α = 0.75) ** | |||||||
Fresh pasta | 0.57 | ||||||
Stuffed pasta | 0.66 | ||||||
Egg pasta | 0.62 | ||||||
Italian pasta tradition (α = 0.91) ** | |||||||
Origin as quality indicator | 0.64 | ||||||
Italian wheat | 0.69 | ||||||
Southern Italy wheat | 0.52 | ||||||
Recycled packaging | 0.60 | ||||||
Info health benefits | 0.75 | ||||||
Info production | 0.82 | ||||||
Territorial brand | 0.80 | ||||||
Low impact | 0.86 | ||||||
Quality certification | 0.85 | ||||||
Health certification | 0.83 | ||||||
Ethical certification | 0.81 | ||||||
Attributes of pasta (α = 0.91) ** | |||||||
Method | 0.73 | ||||||
Type | 0.73 | ||||||
Origin | 0.80 | ||||||
Pasta brand | 0.73 | ||||||
Labeled nutrition | 0.82 | ||||||
Color | 0.68 | ||||||
Time | 0.67 | ||||||
Cooking method | 0.63 | ||||||
Quality certification | 0.77 | ||||||
Price | 0.48 | ||||||
Functional pasta (α = 0.87) ** | |||||||
Curiosity | 0.74 | ||||||
Health benefits | 0.86 | ||||||
More nutrients | 0.81 | ||||||
Low environmental impact | 0.89 | ||||||
Low cost | 0.58 | ||||||
Pasta factory | 0.62 | ||||||
More info | 0.83 |
* Reversed coded. ** The questionnaire is available in the Supplementary Materials, along with details about the abbreviations of the variables.