Consumers' perception of organic product characteristics. A review

Appetite

Volumn 71, Issue , 2013, Pages 420-429

  Schleenbecker, Rosa ^a   Hamm, Ulrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumer behaviour; Labeling; Marketing; Organic products; Product policy; State of research knowledge

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; EXPECTATION; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMAN; MARKET; ORGANIC FOOD; ORIENTATION; RELIABILITY;

CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR; LABELING; MARKETING; ORGANIC PRODUCTS; PRODUCT POLICY; STATE OF RESEARCH KNOWLEDGE;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD, ORGANIC; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; TASTE;

EID: 84885700824     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2013.08.020     Document Type: Article

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