Fresh fruit and vegetables and the added value of antioxidants: Attitudes of non-, light, and heavy organic food users

British Food Journal

Volumn 113, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1339-1352

  Bartels, Jos ^a   van den Berg, Isabelle ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Attitudes towards antioxidants; Domain specific innovativeness; Fruit and vegetable consumption; Health communication; Organic consumer segments; Organic foods; Social identification; The Netherlands

Indexed keywords

EID: 80055060207     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/00070701111179979     Document Type: Article

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