The influence of product preparation, familiarity and individual traits on the consumer acceptance of insects as food

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 52, Issue , 2016, Pages 222-231

  Tan, Hui Shan Grace ^a   van den Berg, Eva ^a   Stieger, Markus ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Appropriateness; Edible insects; Familiarity; Food neophobia; Food rejection; Novel food

Indexed keywords

EID: 84966708511     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2016.05.003     Document Type: Article

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