Interactive effects of carbon footprint information and its accessibility on value and subjective qualities of food products

Appetite

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 271-278

  Kimura, Atsushi ^a   Wada, Yuji ^a   Kamada, Akiko ^b   Masuda, Tomohiro ^a   Okamoto, Masako ^e   Goto, Sho ichi ^c   Tsuzuki, Daisuke ^c   Cai, Dongsheng ^c   Oka, Takashi ^d   Dan, Ippeita ^e  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b BUNKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Active search; Carbon footprinting; Eco behavior; Food label; Information accessibility

Indexed keywords

CARBON;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; FOOD; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMAN; JAPAN; TASTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CARBON FOOTPRINT; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TASTE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956416335     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2010.06.013     Document Type: Article

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