How consumers choose olive oil: The importance of origin cues

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 757-762

  Dekhili, S ^a   Sirieix, L ^b   Cohen, E ^c,d  

^a University of Strasbourg   (France)

^b UMR MOISA   (France)

^c BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Best worst scaling; Choice attributes; Country of origin; Cross national segmentation; Olive oil; Region of origin

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860395282     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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