Rejection thresholds in chocolate milk: Evidence for segmentation

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 128-133

  Harwood, Meriel L ^a   Ziegler, Gregory R ^a   Hayes, John E ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bitterness; Consumer rejection threshold; Food preference; Methodology; Psychophysics

Indexed keywords

THEOBROMA CACAO;

EID: 84860651172     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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