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Cost, origin, taste: what influences our food choices?

Cost, origin, taste: what influences our food choices?

Update: 2025-11-19
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What’s most important to you when you buy food? Is it how much it costs, how it tastes, where it comes from or something else? In this episode, we’re exploring the results of our latest Eurobarometer survey, how the survey is conducted and what it tells us about our food choices.




We’ll look at where we get our information about food and whether concerns over food safety vary across Europe. And we’ll learn how social science research at EFSA improves how food safety risks are assessed and communicated. Join us as we unpack our behaviour at the supermarket.




Host: Edward Bray, Communications Officer in the Communication Unit at EFSA 


Guest: Joana Sousa Lourenco, Social Scientist in the Communication Unit at EFSA 




Disclaimer: Views expressed by interviewees do not necessarily represent the official position of the European Food Safety Authority. All content is up to date at the time of publication.

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Cost, origin, taste: what influences our food choices?

Cost, origin, taste: what influences our food choices?

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)