Changing consumer intake of potato, A focus group study

British Food Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 210-221

  Fernqvist, Fredrik ^a   Spendrup, Sara ^a   Ekelund, Lena ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Carbohydrates; Consumer behaviour; Consumption; Focus group; Potato; Thematic analysis

Indexed keywords

SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84920964651     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/BFJ-05-2013-0112     Document Type: Article

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