Obushera: Descriptive sensory profiling and consumer acceptability

Journal of Sensory Studies

Volumn 25, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 190-214

  Mukisa, I M ^a,b   Nsiimire, D G ^b   Byaruhanga, Y B ^b   Muyanja, C M B K ^b   Langsrud, T ^a   Narvhus, J A ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER ACCEPTABILITY; FOCUS GROUPS; MARKET SEGMENT; PRODUCTION PROCESS; SENSORY ATTRIBUTES; SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS; SENSORY QUALITIES;

FERMENTATION;

EID: 78149277400     PISSN: 08878250     EISSN: 1745459X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-459X.2009.00272.x     Document Type: Article

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