Are health claims a useful tool to segment the category of extra-virgin olive oil? Threats and opportunities for the Italian olive oil supply chain

Trends in Food Science and Technology

Volumn 68, Issue , 2017, Pages 176-181

  Roselli, Luigi ^a   Clodoveo, Maria Lisa ^a   Corbo, Filomena ^a   De Gennaro, Bernardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agronomical practices; Health claim; Information asymmetry; Market segmentation; Olive oil quality; Technological practices

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COST REDUCTION; ENERGY RESOURCES; HEALTH; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; SUPPLY CHAINS;

AGRONOMICAL PRACTICES; HEALTH CLAIMS; INFORMATION ASYMMETRY; MARKET SEGMENTATION; OIL QUALITY; TECHNOLOGICAL PRACTICES;

OLIVE OIL;

EID: 85028502333     PISSN: 09242244     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tifs.2017.08.008     Document Type: Note

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