Adoption of voluntary front of package nutrition schemes in UK food innovations

British Food Journal

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 580-591

  van Camp, D J ^a   Hooker, N H ^a   Souza Monteiro, D M ^b  

^a SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food packaging; Innovation; Labelling; Nutrition; Production information; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952892406     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701011052673     Document Type: Article

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