Worlds apart. Consumer acceptance of functional foods and beverages in Germany and China

Appetite

Volumn 92, Issue , 2015, Pages 87-93

  Siegrist, Michael ^a   Shi, Jing ^a   Giusto, Alice ^a   Hartmann, Christina ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

China; Food neophobia; Functional foods; Germany; Health motivation; Trust

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD NEOPHOBIA; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEOPHOBIA; TRUST; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

BEVERAGES; CHINA; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; CULTURE; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FUNCTIONAL FOOD; GERMANY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; TRUST;

EID: 84930199997     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2015.05.017     Document Type: Article

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