Impact of health-related claims on the perception of other product attributes

Food Policy

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 230-239

  Lähteenmäki, Liisa ^a,b   Lampila, Piritta ^a   Grunert, Klaus ^b   Boztug, Yasemin ^b   Ueland, Øydis ^c   Åström, Annika ^d   Martinsdóttir, Emilia ^e  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^b AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

^c NOFIMA   (Norway)

^d SIK THE SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR FOOD AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^e Matis ohf Iceland   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Attitude; Consumer; Food choice; Health claim; Healthiness; Product attributes; Product quality

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SELECTION; HEALTH IMPACT; NUTRITION; PERCEPTION; PUBLIC ATTITUDE;

SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 77952543722     PISSN: 03069192     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2009.12.007     Document Type: Article

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