How do consumer hedonic ratings for extra virgin olive oil relate to quality ratings by experts and descriptive analysis ratings?

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 213-225

  Delgado, Claudia ^a   Guinard, Jean Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer attitudes; Consumer preferences; Extra virgin olive oil; Segmentation; Sensory properties

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649457135     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2010.10.004     Document Type: Article

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