Understanding apple consumers' expectations in terms of likes and dislikes. Use of comment analysis in a cross-cultural study

Appetite

Volumn 62, Issue , 2013, Pages 27-36

  Galmarini, M V ^a,b   Symoneaux, R ^c   Chollet, S ^d   Zamora, M C ^a,b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA ARGENTINA   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c LUNAM Universite   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Chi square per cell; Consumer preference; Cross cultural; MFACT; Open ended question

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPLE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; CULTIVAR; CULTURAL FACTOR; EXPECTANT FATHER; FEMALE; FLAVOR; FOOD INTAKE; FRANCE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; TASTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARGENTINA; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD QUALITY; FRANCE; FRUIT; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MALUS; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TASTE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; VISION, OCULAR; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871437605     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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