Table 5.

Factor analysis of the Pliner and Hobden food neophobia scale (29).

Standard matrix	Factors
	1	2
	Neophobia in relation to new foods and of different ethnicities	Distrust and demand in relation to new foods
I am constantly trying new and different foods. [reversed]	0.760
I don't trust new foods.
If I don't know what a food contains, I don't try it.		0.762
I like foods from different countries. [reversed]	0.817
Food from other countries seems too strange to be consumed.
At social events, I try new foods. [reversed]	0.789
I am afraid to eat foods that I have never tried before.		0.610
I am very picky about the foods I choose to eat.		0.763
I eat just about everything. [reversed]
I like to go to new restaurants with food from other countries. [reversed]	0.872