Identifying important package features of milk desserts using free listing and word association

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 621-628

  Ares, Gastón ^a   Deliza, Rosires ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

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

Author keywords

Consumer studies; Free listing; Labelling; Milk desserts; Packaging; Qualitative studies; Word association

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953332809     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2010.03.010     Document Type: Article

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