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

19/11/2025 18 min Temporada 1 Episodio 34

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Episode Synopsis


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.