Motives for food choice of consumers in central México

Abstract

Social studies on human food consumption are recent with just over thirty years, with the largest advances in the Francophone and Anglophone schools, and to a lesser degree, the Spanish school. The studies undertaken have looked at (Diaz, 2005; Mili, 2006; Gómez, 2008): 1) The effect of globalization and its interaction with local food cultures (Hinrichs, 2000; Chambers . 2007); 2) Micro1social modifications of contemporary food consumption (Barham, 2003; Hermann, 2009; Pettersson ., 2016); 3) Issues relating to nutrition in a general sense and associated to social stratification (Frewer ., 2003; Doyon and Labrecque, 2008); and 4) The changes in agro1food technologies and issues related to food risks (Aruoma, 2006; Luomala ., 2015). In contemporary Western societies, the distance between the consumers and the preparation of their own food makes the global agri1food industry and its distribution system as a symbol of void (Díaz and Gómez, 2005; Álvarez, 2008), increased suspicion on the manipulation of food by these industries (Aguilar, 2007), and generating interest for what they call quality foods; where consumption is not ruled by economic aspects, but by values as health, quality, tradition, culture, the environment and ethics (Espeitx, 1996).