Beef quality perception at the point of purchase: A study from Portugal

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 335-342

  Banović, Marija ^a,b   Grunert, Klaus G ^c   Barreira, Maria Madalena ^b   Fontes, Magda Aguiar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^c AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Beef; Blind tasting; Branding; Quality perception; Real life purchase

Indexed keywords

EID: 63249104919     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2009.02.009     Document Type: Article

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