Consumers' creaminess concept perception: A cross-cultural study in three Spanish-speaking countries

Journal of Texture Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-60

  Antmann, Gabriela ^a   Ares, Gastón ^a   Varela, Paula ^b   Salvador, Ana ^b   Coste, Beatriz ^c   Fiszman, Susana M ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICA   (Uruguay)

^b INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE BUENOS AIRES   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Consumer studies; Creaminess; Cross cultural studies; Free listing

Indexed keywords

ARGENTINA; CONSUMER STUDIES; CREAMINESS; CROSS-CULTURAL STUDIES; CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY; CULTURAL DIFFERENCE; FREE LISTING; NEW PRODUCT; SENSORY ATTRIBUTES; SENSORY MEASUREMENT; TEXTURAL ATTRIBUTES; URUGUAY;

SOCIAL SCIENCES;

EID: 79551472063     PISSN: 00224901     EISSN: 17454603     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4603.2010.00267.x     Document Type: Article

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