Brave, health-conscious, and environmentally friendly: Positive impressions of insect food product consumers

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 68, Issue , 2018, Pages 64-71

  Hartmann, Christina ^a   Ruby, Matthew B ^b   Schmidt, Philomene ^a   Siegrist, Michael ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative proteins; Impressions; Insects; Personality; Shopping list; Vegetarian; Vignette study

Indexed keywords

EID: 85042290216     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2018.02.001     Document Type: Article

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