Major psychological factors affecting consumer’s acceptance of food additives: Validity of a new psychological model

British Food Journal

Volumn 117, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2788-2800

  Tanaka, Yutaka ^a   Kitayama, Masaya ^b   Arai, Sho ^b   Matsushima, Yuki ^b  

^a OSAKA GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Ueno Fine Chemicals Industry Co Ltd   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acceptance; Cognitive factors; Emotional factors; Food additives; Structural equation modelling (SEM)

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994285393     PISSN: 0007070X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/BFJ-02-2015-0062     Document Type: Article

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