Konsumencka gotowość do realizacji zrównoważonego wzorca spożycia żywności

The aim of the research was to examine consumers’ behavior of those who know the term sustainable food consumption and determine whether it corresponds to sustainable food consumption pattern. Data were collected using CATI method among the 212 residents of the largest cities of Mazovia Region. It has been shown that taste, quality, healthy nutrition and food safety were the most important factors of food choice. It should be noted that consumers ranked some determinants over price, namely: local origin of products, environment protection as well as ethical and social standards in food production. Most of them represented pro-environmental behavior in food packaging and household food management issues. Despite these declarations the willingness to change food consumption pattern towards more sustainable meant for them the increase of consumption of good for health plant origin food products, but not at the expense of eggs, milk, and meat consumption. The generally pro-environmental respondents’ behavior and opinions on food begin to be a driving force for innovative solutions and products on the food market, but so far not in the mainstream. However, it could be assumed that the rising pro-environmental consumer awareness will imply the same food consumption pattern.