Determination of egg consumption consciousness of consumers in Bursa province

ABSTRACT

Objective: In this study, it is aimed to determine the egg consumption consciousness of consumers in Bursa. Materials and methods: For this purpose, data obtained from face-to-face surveys with 460 people determined by simple random sampling from citizens residing in Bursa province in 2019 were used. Results: In the study, 37.6% of the families consisted of 4 people and 31.1% of them were 3 peoples. It has been determined that 5.2% of the consumers are primary school graduates, 6.7% are secondary school graduates, 22.8% are high school graduates and 65.2% are university graduates. 90.2% of consumers stated that they knew what the letters on the egg label meant. It has been determined that 88.3% of consumers have knowledge about egg production systems and 59.3% of consumers stated that freerange system was better than other egg production systems. Also, 80.4% of consumers stated that there is not enough promotion about eggs produced in organic or free-range system. Again, 44% of consumers stated that the most important factors affecting the price of eggs produced in an organic or free-range system is the high production cost. It was determined that 69.3% of consumers prefer organic or free-range eggs because they find them healthier. In addition, 57% of consumers stated that covid-19 cases did not affect their egg consumption, while 26.1% stated that they consumed more eggs. Moreover, 77.4% of the consumers stated that the cases of covid-19 increased egg prices. Conclusion: From time to time, false propaganda is made in the written and visual media against egg utilization leading to a decrease in consumption. For this reason, the importance of eggs in adequate and balanced nutrition should be explained by authorized people or institutions in order to increase the consumption level even more.