Consumer perception of carriers of a satiating compound: Influence of front-of-package images and weight loss-related information

Food Research International

Volumn 78, Issue , 2015, Pages 88-95

  Fiszman, Susana ^a   Carrillo, Elizabeth ^a   Varela, Paula ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

^b NOFIMA   (Norway)

Author keywords

Consumer perception; Images; Konjac glucomannan; Package information; Satiating

Indexed keywords

DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOOD PRODUCTS; SENSORY ANALYSIS;

CONSUMER PERCEPTION; FUNCTIONAL INGREDIENT; HEALTH PROMOTING COMPOUNDS; IMAGES; KONJAC GLUCOMANNAN; SATIATING; SENSORY TECHNIQUES; VERBAL INFORMATION;

FUNCTIONAL FOOD;

EID: 84949257189     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2015.11.003     Document Type: Article

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