Our own country is best: Factors influencing consumers’ sustainability perceptions of plant-based foods

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 60, Issue , 2017, Pages 165-177

  Lazzarini, Gianna A ^a   Visschers, Vivianne H M ^b   Siegrist, Michael ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND ARTS NORTHWESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Consumer perception; Environmental impact; Labelling; Social sustainability; Sustainable food choices

Indexed keywords

EID: 85018767273     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2017.04.008     Document Type: Article

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