The importance of taste and other product factors to consumer interest in nutraceutical products: Civilian and military comparisons

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1519-1524

  Cardello, A V ^a   Schutz, H G ^b  

^a DEVELOPMENT AND ENGINEERING CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conjoint; Consumer attitudes; Functional foods; Nutraceuticals; Taste

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038189565     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2003.tb09677.x     Document Type: Article

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