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Unraveling Demand for Dairy-Alternative Beverages in the United States: The Case of Soymilk

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  • Dharmasena, Senarath
  • Capps, Oral, Jr.

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Soymilk is one of the fastest growing categories in the U.S dairy alternative functional beverage market. Using household-level purchase data from Nielsen’s 2008 Homescan panel and the Tobit econometric procedure, we estimate conditional and unconditional own-price, cross-price, and income elasticities for soymilk, white milk, and flavored milk. Income, age, employment status, education level, race, ethnicity, region, and presence of children in a household are significant drivers of demand for soymilk. White milk and flavored milk are competitors for soymilk, and soymilk is a competitor for white milk. Strategies for pricing and targeted marketing of soymilk are also discussed.

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  • Dharmasena, Senarath & Capps, Oral, Jr., 2014. "Unraveling Demand for Dairy-Alternative Beverages in the United States: The Case of Soymilk," Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association, vol. 43(01), pages 1-18, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:arerjl:166028
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.166028
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