Consumer appeal of nutrition and health claims in three existing product concepts

Appetite

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 684-692

  Verbeke, Wim ^a   Scholderer, Joachim ^b   Lähteenmäki, Liisa ^b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Breakfast cereals; Consumer; Fruit juice; Functional foods; Nutrition and health claims; Omega 3

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; CEREAL; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT JUICE; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; HUMAN; MALE; MARKETING; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK REDUCTION;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEVERAGES; CALCIUM, DIETARY; CEREALS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY FIBER; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH FOOD; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MARGARINE; NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; NUTRITIONAL SCIENCES; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 67349141999     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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