This survey describes the leading factors consumers in Japan take into account when making foodstuff purchasing decisions as of June 2017. The survey revealed that the majority of respondents, over 71 percent, took the price point into consideration when buying food. In contrast, only 6.9% of respondents claimed that their purchasing decisions were based on an environmentally friendly cultivation of the products.
Low price | 71.2 |
Freshness | 69.8 |
Taste | 60.9 |
Domestic production | 46.1 |
Appearance | 22.7 |
Food additives | 21.4 |
Genetic modification | 19.8 |
Organic products | 16.1 |
Environmental friendly production | 6.9 |
Allergens | 6.9 |
No important factors | 4.2 |
Others | 2.7 |