Quality Function Deployment (QFD) - Can it be used to develop food products?

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 327-339

  Benner, Marco ^a,b   Linnemann, A R ^a   Jongen, W M F ^a   Folstar, P ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Food industry; House of quality; Product development; Quality Function Deployment (QFD)

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; CONSUMER; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; MEAL; REVIEW; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SENSORY EVALUATION;

EID: 0037409479     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0950-3293(02)00129-5     Document Type: Article

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