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    Nearly two-thirds (63%) of U.S. adults said the ingredients in a food or beverage have at least a moderate influence on what they buy.

    ‘Clean’ Food Ingredients Attract Consumers, Motivated by Health Goals
    06.18.21
    The names of ingredients and how they are described significantly influences consumer perceptions of foods.
     
    A new survey by the International Food Information Council (IFIC) demonstrated the role ingredients play U.S. consumer attitudes and perceptions. Titled “From ‘Chemical-Sounding’ to ‘Clean’: Consumer Perspectives on Food Ingredients,” the survey showed strong interest in health and clean ingredients.
     
    Nearly two-thirds (63%) of adults said the ingredients in a food or beverage have at least a moderate influence on what they buy. 
     
    While shopping, the product itself is overwhelmingly where people look for information about the ingredients: 62% consult the ingredients list and 52% look at front-of-package information. Other sources of information trail far behind, including the websites or social media accounts of brands/companies (20%), family or friends (16%) and QR codes on packages (8%). 
     
    But the calculus changes somewhat when Americans seek more general information about food ingredients, with 20% saying family and friends are their top source, followed by websites or social media accounts of brands/companies (19%), the top articles shown after an online search (18%), their personal health care provider (16%) and websites or social media accounts of U.S. government agencies (15%). Only 4% of Americans cite food/nutrition social media influencers or bloggers as their top source of food ingredient information.  
     
    Consumer attentiveness is also growing, with 62% of respondents saying they are paying more attention to ingredient lists now than they did five years ago. 
     
    The survey also found pluralities of consumer support for the benefits of preservatives: 42% agree that adding preservatives to foods is a way to help reduce food waste (21% disagree) and 39% agree that adding an ingredient to a food would be positive if it extended shelf life (23% disagreed). 
     
    The words “natural” and “artificial” elicited a strong reaction when it comes to food choices. About half (48%) of Americans said they seek out natural flavors at least some of the time, 41% seek out natural sweeteners, 40% seek out natural preservatives, and 35% seek out colors from natural sources. In contrast, artificial flavors, colors, sweeteners and preservatives were sought out by only about one in 10 consumers, with approximately half saying they avoid each of them at least some of the time. 
     
    Clean Eating 
    Survey respondents were also asked about their attitudes toward and definitions of “clean” ingredients and clean eating. 
     
    Nearly two in three (64%) said they try to choose foods made with clean ingredients. When these consumers were asked how they define clean ingredients, “not artificial or synthetic” was the top choice of 22%, while 16% chose “organic,” 15% chose “fresh,” 14% cited “something they know is nutritious” and another 14% selected “natural.” At the bottom of the list, 6% cited the following options as their top choice: something with a familiar or recognizable name, something that doesn’t have a chemical-sounding name and something with a name they can pronounce. 
     
    Similarly, consumers were asked about clean eating. Nearly half (46%) consider themselves to be clean eaters—with 21% ranking “eating foods that aren’t highly processed” as their top definition of the term (nearly half, 49%, ranked this in their top three). Another 14% of self-described clean eaters defined it as eating foods found in the fresh produce section, 13% as eating organic foods, 11% as eating foods with simple ingredients lists and 9% defined it as eating foods with ingredients they just consider to be “clean.” 
     
    Emphasis on Health 
    Of those who choose foods and beverages with clean ingredients, 25% said their top motivation for doing so was seeking out health benefits from foods and beverages with clean ingredients, while 21% are looking to avoid the possible harmful effects of chemical-sounding ingredients, 18% who most want to avoid the possible harmful effects of unfamiliar ingredients, 18% who want to be familiar with what goes into the foods and beverages they choose and 17% who think foods and beverages with clean ingredients are more nutritious. 
     
    Health-related factors also dominated the list of reasons consumers avoid ingredients with chemical-sounding names: 26% chose general health concerns for themselves as the top reason, 20% chose general health concerns for their family, 13% cited cancer, 8% cited that the ingredients were unfamiliar to them, 7% chose digestive issues and 7% cited environmental concerns. Concerns around ingredient sensitivities (6%), food allergies (5%) and foodborne illness (5%) ranked just slightly lower. 
     
    Survey results were derived from online interviews of 1,054 Americans ages 18+, conducted May 6–10, 2021. The results were weighted to ensure proportionate results. 
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