Food choice: Student consumers’ decision-making process regarding food products with limited label information

International Journal of Consumer Studies

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-18

  Van Der Merwe, Daleen ^a   Kempen, Elizabeth L ^b   Breedt, Sophia ^a   De Beer, Hanli ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Decision making process; Food choice; Food label; Limited label information; Students; University cafeteria

Indexed keywords

EID: 84890378767     PISSN: 14706423     EISSN: 14706431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1470-6431.2009.00858.x     Document Type: Article

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