Importance and consumer perception of freshness of apples

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 9-19

  Peneau S ^a   Hoehn, E ^b   Roth, H R ^a   Escher, F ^a   Nuessli, Jeannette ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Swiss Federal Research Station for Fruit Growing Viticulture and Horticulture   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age; Apple consumption; Freshness; Fruits and vegetables; Gender

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 28444447991     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2005.05.002     Document Type: Article

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