Factors influencing consumers' willingness to use beverages and ready-to-eat frozen soups containing oat β-glucan in Finland, France and Sweden

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 242-255

  Lyly, Marika ^a   Roininen, Katariina ^a   Honkapää, Kaisu ^a   Poutanen, Kaisa ^a   Lähteenmäki, Liisa ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Glucan; Age; Consumer; Gender; Price; Willingness to use

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749984732     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2005.12.001     Document Type: Article

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