New sustainable protein sources: Consumers' willingness to adopt insects as feed and food

Italian Journal of Food Science

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 652-668

  Laureati, M ^a   Proserpio, C ^a   Jucker, C ^a   Savoldelli, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Consumer acceptance; Entomophagy; Familiarity; Novel protein sources; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84994515727     PISSN: 11201770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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