The importance of food naturalness for consumers: Results of a systematic review

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 67, Issue , 2017, Pages 44-57

  Román, Sergio ^a   Sánchez Siles, Luis Manuel ^b   Siegrist, Michael ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^b Research and Training Department   (Spain)

^c ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Consumer; Importance of food naturalness; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

BIOTECHNOLOGY; FOOD TECHNOLOGY;

CONSUMER; CONTENT ANALYSIS; IMPORTANCE OF FOOD NATURALNESS; INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES; MEASUREMENT SCALE; STAKEHOLDER GROUPS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THREE CATEGORIES;

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR;

EID: 85021270333     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2017.06.010     Document Type: Review

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