Consumers' willingness to buy functional foods. The influence of carrier, benefit and trust

Appetite

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 526-529

  Siegrist, Michael ^a   Stampfli, Nathalie ^a   Kastenholz, Hans ^b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Age; Functional foods; Social trust; Willingness to buy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILLING AND CLAIMS; CONSUMER; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; SWITZERLAND; TRUST;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; COMMERCE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; HEALTH FOOD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 50649108973     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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