The effects of consumer knowledge on the willingness to buy insect food: An exploratory cross-regional study in Northern and Central Europe

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 70, Issue , 2018, Pages 1-10

  Piha, Samuel ^a   Pohjanheimo, Terhi ^b   Lähteenmäki Uutela, Anu ^a   Křečková, Zuzana ^c   Otterbring, Tobias ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Czech Republic)

^d AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^e KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Food neophobia; Insect food; Objective knowledge; Product related experiences; Subjective knowledge; Willingness to buy

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009374095     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2016.12.006     Document Type: Article

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