A Survey on Seafood Consumption and Consumer Preference in İzmir Province

Seafood are important in human nutrition due to being healthy and valuable proteins resources. Despite serious problems in balanced nutrition found in Turkey, seafood are not consumed sufficiently. In our country, it is necessary to review this situation regarding the consumption of fisheries and to...

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Main Authors: Bengü Çaylak, Fatma Çolakoğlu, İbrahim Ender Künili, Hasan Basri Ormancı
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Published: Hasan Eleroğlu 2019-12-01
Series:Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology
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Online Access:http://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/view/2735
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author Bengü Çaylak
Fatma Çolakoğlu
İbrahim Ender Künili
Hasan Basri Ormancı
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description Seafood are important in human nutrition due to being healthy and valuable proteins resources. Despite serious problems in balanced nutrition found in Turkey, seafood are not consumed sufficiently. In our country, it is necessary to review this situation regarding the consumption of fisheries and to produce solutions by considering the reasons. In this study, the consumption preference of seafood was analyzed in İzmir province, where the fishing and aquaculture production and consumption are made as common. The study was carried out as a questionnaire application to 700 individuals randomly selected in different districts in July 2012. It was determined that 33.8% of the respondents consumes white meat, 19.6% consumes red meat and 8.8% consumes fish. The most consumed fishes by the participants were observed as 40.4% sea bream, 34.2% sea bass, 32.4% horse mackerel, 31.8% anchovy, and 30.4% sardines, respectively. It was determined that 90.4% of the participants consume the fish freshly. As consumption style, frying (51.6%) and grilling (33%) was determined as major preferences. In the study, it was determined that the participants consume an average of 15 kg of fish per year.
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spelling doaj-art-322e0ac66bed439cb3891aea39764fcf2025-08-20T03:18:39ZengHasan EleroğluTurkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology2148-127X2019-12-017sp110110610.24925/turjaf.v7isp1.101-106.27351354A Survey on Seafood Consumption and Consumer Preference in İzmir ProvinceBengü Çaylak0Fatma Çolakoğlu1İbrahim Ender Künili2Hasan Basri Ormancı3School of Applied Sciences, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, 17100 ÇanakkaleSchool of Applied Sciences, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, 17100 Çanakkale2Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, 17100 ÇanakkaleSchool of Applied Sciences, Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart University, 17100 ÇanakkaleSeafood are important in human nutrition due to being healthy and valuable proteins resources. Despite serious problems in balanced nutrition found in Turkey, seafood are not consumed sufficiently. In our country, it is necessary to review this situation regarding the consumption of fisheries and to produce solutions by considering the reasons. In this study, the consumption preference of seafood was analyzed in İzmir province, where the fishing and aquaculture production and consumption are made as common. The study was carried out as a questionnaire application to 700 individuals randomly selected in different districts in July 2012. It was determined that 33.8% of the respondents consumes white meat, 19.6% consumes red meat and 8.8% consumes fish. The most consumed fishes by the participants were observed as 40.4% sea bream, 34.2% sea bass, 32.4% horse mackerel, 31.8% anchovy, and 30.4% sardines, respectively. It was determined that 90.4% of the participants consume the fish freshly. As consumption style, frying (51.6%) and grilling (33%) was determined as major preferences. In the study, it was determined that the participants consume an average of 15 kg of fish per year.http://www.agrifoodscience.com/index.php/TURJAF/article/view/2735consumer preferenceconsumptionfishseafoodsurvey
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Fatma Çolakoğlu
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Hasan Basri Ormancı
A Survey on Seafood Consumption and Consumer Preference in İzmir Province
Turkish Journal of Agriculture: Food Science and Technology
consumer preference
consumption
fish
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title A Survey on Seafood Consumption and Consumer Preference in İzmir Province
title_full A Survey on Seafood Consumption and Consumer Preference in İzmir Province
title_fullStr A Survey on Seafood Consumption and Consumer Preference in İzmir Province
title_full_unstemmed A Survey on Seafood Consumption and Consumer Preference in İzmir Province
title_short A Survey on Seafood Consumption and Consumer Preference in İzmir Province
title_sort survey on seafood consumption and consumer preference in izmir province
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consumption
fish
seafood
survey
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