According to a survey conducted in Italy in 2021 in which respondents were asked what would be their reasons for consuming cultured meat, the largest group of respondents, 61.4 percent, said they would consume cultured meat because they felt it was more environmentally sustainable. A large percentage, 59.6 percent, were oriented toward consuming cultured meat so that animals would not need to be raised and killed for it.
Consumer reasons for why they would consume cultured meat in Italy as of November 2021
Characteristic
Share of respondents
More sustainable for the environment
61.4%
To eat meat without animals having to be bred and then killed for it
59.6%
Out of curiosity
38.5%
It is safer for the health than that obtained from farms
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Istituto Ixè. (November 23, 2021). Consumer reasons for why they would consume cultured meat in Italy as of November 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1328749/italy-cultured-meat-consumption-reasons/
Istituto Ixè. "Consumer reasons for why they would consume cultured meat in Italy as of November 2021." Chart. November 23, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1328749/italy-cultured-meat-consumption-reasons/
Istituto Ixè. (2021). Consumer reasons for why they would consume cultured meat in Italy as of November 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1328749/italy-cultured-meat-consumption-reasons/
Istituto Ixè. "Consumer Reasons for Why They Would Consume Cultured Meat in Italy as of November 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Nov 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1328749/italy-cultured-meat-consumption-reasons/
Istituto Ixè, Consumer reasons for why they would consume cultured meat in Italy as of November 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1328749/italy-cultured-meat-consumption-reasons/ (last visited December 29, 2024)
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