Willingness to purchase functional foods according to their benefits: Consumer profiles in Southern Chile

British Food Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1453-1473

  Schnettler, Berta ^a   Miranda, Horacio ^a   Lobos, German ^b   Sepulveda, Jose ^a   Orellana, Ligia ^a   Mora, Marcos ^c   Grunert, Klaus ^d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA FRONTERA   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE TALCA   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Consumer purchasing decisions; Functional foods; Satisfaction with food related life

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927732783     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/BFJ-07-2014-0273     Document Type: Article

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