Consumers' ratings of the natural and unnatural qualities of foods

Appetite

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 557-563

  Evans, Greg ^a   de Challemaison, Blandine ^b   Cox, David N ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b AGROPARISTECH   (France)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Additives; Consumers; E numbers; Ingredients; Natural; Perceptions; Preservatives; Processing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; RATING SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; FOOD; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PACKAGING; FRUIT; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PERCEPTION; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD LABELING; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIVE VALUE; PERCEPTION; SEX FACTORS; VEGETABLES; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR;

FOOD ADDITIVE;

EID: 77953615756     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2010.02.014     Document Type: Article

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