Are beliefs stronger than taste? A field experiment on organic and local apples

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 61, Issue , 2017, Pages 55-62

  Bernard, John C ^a   Liu, Yinan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Apples; Labeling; Local food; Organic food; Tasting

Indexed keywords

EID: 85019495051     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2017.05.005     Document Type: Article

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