The consumer's perception of artificial food additives: Influences on acceptance, risk and benefit perceptions

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 14-23

  Bearth, Angela ^a   Cousin, Marie Eve ^a   Siegrist, Michael ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Benefit perception; Communication; Food additives; Knowledge; Risk perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902147122     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2014.05.008     Document Type: Article

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