Descriptive Analysis and U.S. Consumer Acceptability of 6 Green Tea Samples from China, Japan, and Korea

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Lee, Jeehyun ^a   Chambers, Delores H ^b  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acceptability; Consumer; Descriptive sensory analysis; Flavor; Green tea

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONSUMER; HUMAN; JAPAN; KOREA; SENSATION; STATISTICS; TASTE; TEA; UNITED STATES;

CHINA; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; HUMANS; JAPAN; KOREA; SENSATION; TASTE; TEA; UNITED STATES;

SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 77953888126     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: 17503841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2009.01503.x     Document Type: Article

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