Effect of a health claim and personal characteristics on consumer acceptance of fruit juices with different concentrations of açaí (Euterpe oleracea Mart.)

Appetite

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 84-92

  Sabbe, Sara ^a   Verbeke, Wim ^a   Deliza, Rosires ^b,c   Matta, Virginia ^d   Van Damme, Patrick ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^c CENTRE DES SCIENCES DU GOÛT ET DE L ALIMENTATION   (France)

^d EMBRAPA AGROINDÚSTRIA DE ALIMENTOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

A a ; Attitude; Consumer; Euterpe oleracea Mart.; Health; Information

Indexed keywords

ARECACEAE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; DEMOGRAPHY; FOOD QUALITY; FRUIT JUICE; NEOPHOBIA; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; TASTE ACUITY;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ARECACEAE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEVERAGES; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TASTE;

EID: 67649850380     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2009.05.014     Document Type: Article

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