Consumers' valuation of nutritional information: A choice experiment study

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 20, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 463-471

  Gracia, Azucena ^a   Loureiro, Maria L ^b   Nayga Jr , Rodolfo M ^c  

^a Instituto Agroalimentario de Aragón IA2   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Choice experiment; Consumer preference; Nutritional information; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650154252     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2009.03.010     Document Type: Article

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