Consumer-driven product development and improvement combined with sensory analysis: A case-study for European filled chocolates

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 20-29

  De Pelsmaeker, Sara ^a   Gellynck, Xavier ^a   Delbaere, Claudia ^a   Declercq, Nathalie ^a   Dewettinck, Koen ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Consumer driven product development; Filled chocolate; Food industry; Instrumental analysis; Product improvement; Sensory analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84912001614     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2014.10.009     Document Type: Article

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