Food Preferences and Food Processing Behavior towards Household Food Waste in Bogor City

Nur Ahzaini Laili (Universitas Esa Unggul)
Prita Dhyani Swamilaksita (Universitas Esa Unggul)
Anugrah Novianti (Universitas Esa Unggul)

Formosa Journal of Multidisciplinary Research (FJMR)
Vol. 4 No. 4 (2025): April 2025

Indonesia is recorded to produce 13 million tons of food waste per year, equivalent to 300 kilograms per individual. This makes Indonesia the second highest country with food waste after Saudi Arabia. This cross-sectional study with a sample size of 88 housewife respondents in Bogor City aims to determine the relationship between food preferences and food processing behavior with food waste in households in Bogor City. Data analysis in this study used Spearman rank correlation test because the data was not normally distributed. The results showed that there was a relationship between respondents' food preferences and household food waste (p-value < 0.05) and there was no relationship between food processing behavior and household food waste (p-value > 0.05).