Savouring morality. Moral satisfaction renders food of ethical origin subjectively tastier

Appetite

Volumn 91, Issue , 2015, Pages 137-149

  Bratanova, Boyka ^a,b   Vauclair, Christin Melanie ^c   Kervyn, Nicolas ^a,d   Schumann, Sandy ^e   Wood, Robert ^f   Klein, Olivier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LIBRE DE BRUXELLES   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERTAY DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTO UNIVERSITÁRIO DE LISBOA ISCTE IUL   (Portugal)

^d LOUVAIN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Buying intentions; Ethics; Fair trade; Morality; Organic food; Taste

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ETHICS; EXPECTATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; HUMAN; MORALITY; SATISFACTION; TASTE; AGED; ANTICIPATION; ASSOCIATION; CATERING SERVICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPEAN UNION; FOLLOW UP; FOOD PREFERENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIC FOOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; SELF REPORT; SENSATION; VALIDATION STUDY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICIPATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CUES; DIET; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD SUPPLY; FOOD, ORGANIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MORALS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SELF REPORT; SENSATION; TASTE; TASTE PERCEPTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928404752     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.04.006     Document Type: Article

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