The insectivore's dilemma, and how to take the West out of it

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 44, Issue , 2015, Pages 44-55

  Deroy, Ophelia ^a   Reade, Ben ^b   Spence, Charles ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Disgust; Distaste; Eating behavior; Entomophagy; Flavor; Food policy; Insects; Multisensory; Neophobia

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA;

EID: 84926653832     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2015.02.007     Document Type: Review

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