During a 2019 survey in multiple European countries, it was found that 73 percent of respondents from Austria were unwilling to replace meat products with edible insects and insect derivates. Respondents from Greece and Slovakia were least likely to be willing to replace meat with insects. The largest positive response was given by consumers from the Netherlands with 17 percent of people responding saying that they would do so.
In the future, would you be willing to replace meat with insects and insect derivates?
Respondent number per country (weighted to be representative of each nation)
Method of interview
Online survey
Supplementary notes
* Survey was carried out in the following countries with the help of the following conductors: "Austria (Arbeiterkammer), Belgium (Test Achats/Test Aankoop), Germany (vzbv), Greece (Ekpizo, KEPKA), Italy (Altroconsumo), Lithuania (Lietuvos vartotojų organizacijų aljansas), Netherlands (Consumentenbond), Portugal (DECO), Slovakia (Spoločnosti ochrany spotrebiteľov), Slovenia (Zveza Potrošnikov Slovenije), Spain (OCU)."
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