Making sense of the “clean label” trends: A review of consumer food choice behavior and discussion of industry implications

Food Research International

Volumn 99, Issue , 2017, Pages 58-71

  Asioli, Daniele ^a,b,h   Aschemann Witzel, Jessica ^c   Caputo, Vincenzina ^d   Vecchio, Riccardo ^e   Annunziata, Azzurra ^f   Næs, Tormod ^a,g   Varela, Paula ^a  

^a NOFIMA   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES PARTHENOPE   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Clean label; Consumer preferences; Drivers; Food industry; Food products; Review; Trend

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DECISION MAKING; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD PRODUCTS; MANUFACTURE; REVIEWS; TRUCK DRIVERS;

CONSUMER PREFERENCES; CONVENTIONAL AGRICULTURES; FOOD INDUSTRIES; INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES; OBJECTIVE DEFINITION; PRODUCT CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS; TREND;

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; HEALTHY DIET; HUMAN; LAW; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; MANAGEMENT; NOMENCLATURE; NUTRITIONAL VALUE;

CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; FOOD LABELING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; LEGISLATION, FOOD; NUTRITIVE VALUE; POLICY MAKING; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 85024134494     PISSN: 09639969     EISSN: 18737145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2017.07.022     Document Type: Review

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