Tasty but nasty? Exploring the role of sensory-liking and food appropriateness in the willingness to eat unusual novel foods like insects

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 48, Issue , 2016, Pages 293-302

  Tan, Hui Shan Grace ^a   Fischer, Arnout R H ^a   van Trijp, Hans C M ^a   Stieger, Markus ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Edible insects; Food appropriateness; Food neophobia; Novel food; Sensory liking; Willingness to eat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946594648     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2015.11.001     Document Type: Article

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