Foods with increased protein content: A qualitative study on European consumer preferences and perceptions

Appetite

Volumn 125, Issue , 2018, Pages 233-243

  Banovic, Marija ^a   Lähteenmäki, Liisa ^a   Arvola, Anne ^b   Pennanen, Kyösti ^b   Duta, Denisa E ^c   Brückner Gühmann, Monika ^d   Grunert, Klaus G ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

^c Interdisciplinary Researches Department   (Romania)

^d TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Consumer preferences; Foods with increased protein content

Indexed keywords

PLANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DENMARK; EUROPEAN; FINLAND; FOOD; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PREFERENCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PROTEIN CONTENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; ROMANIA; ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPREHENSION; DIET; EUROPE; FEMALE; FORTIFIED FOOD; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PLANT; PROTEIN INTAKE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANIMALS; COMPREHENSION; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; DIET; DIETARY PROTEINS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; PLANTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 85042309083     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2018.01.034     Document Type: Article

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