Taste Panel Evaluations of the Acceptability and Willingness to Pay for Alternative Blends of Ground Meats Alvin Schupp a , Igor Makienko b , Jeffrey Gillespie a , Witoon Prinyawiwatkul c , Carol O’Neil d and Noemi Pavon c a Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 b Department of Marketing, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 c Department of Food Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 d School of Human Ecology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA 70803 Prepared for presentation at the annual meeting of the Southern Agricultural Economic Association, February 4-7, 2003, Mobile, AL