Effect of meat appearance on consumer preferences for pork chops in Greece and Cyprus

Meat Science

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 688-696

  Fortomaris, P ^a   Arsenos, G ^a   Georgiadis, M ^a   Banos, G ^a   Stamataris, C ^a   Zygoyiannis, D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Colour; Consumers; Cyprus; Drip; Fat cover; Greece; Marbling; Pork chops; Preferences

Indexed keywords

EID: 30844448382     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2005.09.019     Document Type: Article

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