Study of the perception of consumers in relation to different ice cream concepts

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 36, Issue , 2014, Pages 161-168

  Da Silva, Vanelle Maria ^a   Minim, Valéria Paula Rodrigues ^a   Ferreira, Marco Aurélio Marques ^a   Souza, Pedro Henrique de Paula ^a   Moraes, Liliane Elen da Silva ^a   Minim, Luis AntÔnio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Consumer studies; Health concerns; Healthy foods; Word association

Indexed keywords

EID: 84899803583     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2014.04.008     Document Type: Article

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