Ingredient-based food fears and avoidance: Antecedents and antidotes

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages 40-48

  Wansink, Brian ^a   Tal, Aner ^a   Brumberg, Adam ^a  

^a Charles H Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Food safety; High fructose corn syrup (HFCS); Ingredients food fears; Reference groups; Risk; Stigma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902576648     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2014.05.015     Document Type: Article

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