An investigation of flavor complexity and food neophobia

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 42, Issue , 2015, Pages 123-129

  Olabi, Ammar ^a   Neuhaus, Thomas ^b   Bustos, Ruby ^b   Cook Camacho, Marion ^b   Corvi, Tiffany ^b   Abdouni, Lina ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Expectation; Familiarity; Flavor complexity; Frame of reference; Neophobia; Novel food

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922434197     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2015.01.004     Document Type: Article

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