Cheese liking and consumer willingness to pay as affected by information about organic production

Journal of Dairy Research

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 280-286

  Napolitano, Fabio ^a   Braghieri, Ada ^a   Piasentier, Edi ^b   Favotto, Saida ^b   Naspetti, Simona ^c   Zanoli, Raffaele ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

cheese liking; expectancy; information; organic production; willingness to pay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CHEESE; COST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH FOOD; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHEESE; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH FOOD; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957304287     PISSN: 00220299     EISSN: 14697629     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0022029910000130     Document Type: Article

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