Food policy aligned to society in transition

As part of our PAN Sweden research, we have showed that plant-based protein containing food is liked by a substantial proportion of consumers; yet we also showed that traditional food habits are not easily affected by factual information or social influence. Hence, the transition towards more sustainable food consumption behaviour needs to also be supported by policy tools. This project reviews and monitors past and present policy initiatives in terms of organisation, effectiveness, acceptance and goal conflicts, amongst others, in order to enable effective and acceptable policies supporting a durable transition towards the consumption of plant-based food.

The objectives are:

• To critically review Swedish food policy over time, to capture trends in political argumentation from past to present.
• Map existing initiatives to increase plant-based (and/or decrease animal-based) food consumption in the public, private and civic sectors.
• Assess and monitor the results and (possible) outcome of identified initiatives.
• Study consumers’ acceptance of differently framed policies concerning the consumption of PbP-containing food.

https://www.oru.se/english/our-profile/food-and-health-center/research/responsive-nutrition/pan-sweden/ongoing-projects/

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