Becoming an insectivore: Results of an experiment

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 51, Issue , 2016, Pages 118-122

  Hartmann, Christina ^a   Siegrist, Michael ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Disgust; Food neophobia; Insects; Tasting; Willingness to eat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84960382003     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2016.03.003     Document Type: Article

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