Crossmodal associations and subjective ratings of Asian noodles and the impact of the receptacle

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 41, Issue , 2015, Pages 141-150

  Zhou, Xi ^a   Wan, Xiaoang ^a   Mu, Bingbing ^a   Du, Dikang ^a   Spence, Charles ^b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colour flavour associations; Colour receptacle flavour interactions; Noodle; Receptacle; Taste expectations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84920287330     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2014.11.013     Document Type: Article

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