. 2022 Aug 5;11(15):2339. doi: 10.3390/foods11152339

Table 8.

Motives for purchasing PBCAs ¹ by diet measured on a 5-point-scale (1 “totally disagree”, 5 “totally agree”).

	Total		Omnivore		Flexitarian		Vegetarian		Vegan
	N	Mean (SD)	N	Mean (SD)	N	Mean (SD)	N	Mean (SD)	N	Mean (SD)	p-Value
Animal Welfare	122	4.30 (1.13)	16	3.69 (1.66) ^a	47	4.06 (1.13) ^a	42	4.52 (0.92) ^ab	17	5.00 (-) ^b	0.001
Environment	122	4.11 (1.10)	16	3.56 (1.59)	47	4.21 (1.00)	42	4.12 (0.99)	17	4.29 (0.99)	0.181
Product Lifestyle	122	3.39 (0.91)	16	3.56 (0.98)	47	3.28 (0.93)	42	3.31 (0.84)	17	3.71 (1.05)	0.304
Health	121	3.01 (0.95)	15	2.80 (1.21) ^ab	47	2.79 (0.83) ^a	42	3.12 (0.86) ^ab	17	3.53 (1.07) ^b	0.029
Sensory appeal	122	2.97 (1.27)	16	2.31 (1.08) ^a	47	2.89 (1.37) ^a	42	2.90 (1.14) ^a	17	3.94 (0.90) ^b	0.002
Social setting	122	1.67 (1.26)	16	1.56 (1.37) ^a	47	1.49 (1.08) ^a	42	1.50 (1.02) ^a	17	2.71 (1.69) ^b	0.003

¹ plant-based cheese alternative, ^a,b different subscripts indicate that the mean scores were different between the diet groups (Bonferroni test, p < 0.05). Deviation in N due to the answer option “I don’t know”.