Consumer attitude and behaviour towards tomatoes after 10 years of Flandria quality labelling

International Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1593-1601

  Verbeke, Wim ^a   Velde, Liesbeth Van De ^a   Mondelaers, Koen ^a   Kühne, Bianka ^a   Huylenbroeck, Guido Van ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Consumer attitude; Consumer behaviour; Quality labelling; Tomatoes

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 49449095804     PISSN: 09505423     EISSN: 13652621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2007.01621.x     Document Type: Article

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