Consumer attitudes, knowledge, and consumption of organic yogurt

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 96, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 2118-2129

  Van Loo, Ellen J ^a   Diem, My Nguyen Hoang ^a   Pieniak, Zuzanna ^a   Verbeke, Wim ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Consumer behavior; Organic food; Organic yogurt; Structural equation modeling

Indexed keywords

YOGHURT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONSUMER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MARKETING; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIC FOOD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TASTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD, ORGANIC; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MARKETING; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; TASTE; YOGURT;

EID: 84875517722     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2012-6262     Document Type: Article

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