Perceptions of the health and convenience characteristics of fresh and dried fruits

LWT

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 275-281

  Sijtsema, Siet J ^a   Jesionkowska, Katarzyna ^b   Symoneaux, Ronan ^c   Konopacka, Dorota ^b   Snoek, Harriëtte ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF POMOLOGY AND FLORICULTURE   (Poland)

^c Groupe ESA Labo GRAPPE   (France)

Author keywords

Consumer; Dried fruit; European; Feelings; New product development

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

CONSUMER; DRIED FRUITS; EUROPEAN; FEELINGS; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

FRUITS;

PRUNUS ARMENIACA; PRUNUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 84865617539     PISSN: 00236438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2012.04.027     Document Type: Article

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