Survey for preference and consciousness on beans by female students

Abstract

  A survey about the preference, intake situation and consciousness of beans was conducted on female students. Regarding the taste of beans, the number of persons who especially or somewhat like beans was almost the same while the number of persons who dislike beans was less than 10% overall. The highest ingestion frequency of beans was about once a week while a 2-3 times ingestion per week followed. More kinds of beans were eaten by persons who like beans. The well-known beans were soybean, peanut, azuki bean, broad bean, pea and kidney bean. Whereas the ingestion frequency of soybean and azuki bean was higher, that of broad bean and kidney bean was lower. Bean dishes and bean products, which are often eaten occurred in the order of simmered dish, natto and Japanese sweets. The simmered dish of beans was the best one, often handmade at home, and the commercial product was purchased at a high rate. It is assumed that the person who likes beans cooks beans dishes at home more frequently and the preference of beans is influenced by the comprehension of bean dishes at home. Although almost all persons recognized that beans include much protein, the number of person who recognized that dietary fiber was rich in beans was less than half.