Consumer Preferences for Fresh Tomato at the European Scale: A Common Segmentation on Taste and Firmness

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Causse, Mathilde ^a   Friguet, Chloé ^b   Coiret, Clément ^b   LéPicier, Mélanie ^b   Navez, Brigitte ^c   Lee, Monica ^d   Holthuysen, Nancy ^d   Sinesio, Fiorella ^e   Moneta, Elisabetta ^e   Grandillo, Silvana ^f  

^a Researches Center of Avignon   (France)

^b AGROCAMPUS OUEST   (France)

^c Ctifl   (France)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Consumer acceptance; Descriptive analysis; External preference; Internal preference mapping; Sensory analysis; Tomato

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 78149363305     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: 17503841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3841.2010.01841.x     Document Type: Article

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