Attitude towards resveratrol as a healthy botanical ingredient: The role of naturalness of product and message

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 57, Issue , 2017, Pages 126-135

  Aschemann Witzel, Jessica ^a   Grunert, Klaus G ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Attitude; Food supplement; Functional food; Health claim; Information; Resveratrol

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007105410     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2016.12.007     Document Type: Article

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