Today, food security has become one of the main concerns of key stakeholders such as businesses, governments, and educational institutions. Meanwhile, the entrepreneurship literature in the field of social entrepreneurship development in the food industry is weak, especially in the context of Iran. To fill this gap and help policymakers, the present study was conducted to investigate the impact of social capital and creativity dimensions on Social Entrepreneurship Intention (SEI) among food industry owners. The research samples included 415 food industry owners in western Iran who were selected by a random stratified sampling method with proportional assignment. The findings showed that the SEI status of the participants was at a moderate level. The modeling results indicated that strong and weak social connections and interactions play a decisive role in the development of SEI. Meanwhile, among the dimensions of creativity, only the originality dimension facilitates the SEI development process, while the usefulness dimension does not play a positive role in this process. Therefore, by developing bridging and bonding social capital and promoting the innovative ideas of people working in the food industry, we can witness the development of social entrepreneurship and, as a result, achieve sustainable food security in society.
