Exploring consumer attitudes towards functional foods: A qualitative study

Journal of Nutraceuticals, Functional and Medical Foods

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2004, Pages 5-28

  Wilkinson, S B T ^e   Pidgeon, N ^a   Lee, J ^b   Pattison, C ^c   Lambert, N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c Faculty of Health and Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

^d Consum Sci the Inst of Food Res ^*

^e INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consumer awareness; Food choice; Functional food; Qualitative

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONSUMER; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIET; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FOOD COMPOSITION; FRUIT; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; NUTRIGENOMICS; NUTRITION; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE;

EID: 14944371412     PISSN: 10894179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J133v04n03_02     Document Type: Article

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