Motivation and purpose: Consumers are looking for convenience foods for dietary appeals, and health consciousness is gradually gaining importance. Meeting the consumer’s need for authenticity can predict future products, and finding valuable customers is more important for corporate profits. The purpose of this study is to explore the development and application of home meal replacement, to analyze the differences in demographic variables of consumer need for authenticity for home meal replacement, to analyze the relationship between the consumer need for authenticity of home meal replacement and customer value, analyze the moderation effect of health consciousness between the consumer need for authenticity of home meal replacement and customer value.
Research method:This study is a cross-sectional study. The questionnaire survey was convenient sampling. A total of 468 valid samples are collected. The questionnaire includes basic information, customer value scale, the consumer need for authenticity scale, and health consciousness scale. Data analysis is conducted with SPSS 22.0.
Research result: ANOVA results showed that some demographic variables had significant differences in consumer need for authenticity, health consciousness, and customer value. Process multiple regression analysis found that health consciousness has a moderation effect on the consumer’s need for authenticity, and as the higher the level of health consciousness, quality commitment and word-of-mouth credibility, high acquisition cost, inheritance tradition and style persistence, scarceness, and sacredness have significantly enhanced the moderation effect.
Analysis conclusion:When consumers buy a home meal replacement, health consciousness can enhance the impact of consumer need for authenticity on customer value. The industry should develop a home meal replacement that meets the consumer’s need for authenticity.