Perceived motives, barriers and role of labeling information on tropical fruit consumption: Exploratory findings

Journal of Food Products Marketing

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 119-138

  Sabbe, Sara ^a   Verbeke, Wim ^a   Van Damme, Patrick ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Focus group discussion; Juices; Labeling; Nutrition and health claim; Quality; Tropical fruit

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649864309     PISSN: 10454446     EISSN: 15404102     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10454440802316750     Document Type: Article

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