If you build it, will they eat it? Consumer preferences for plant-based and cultured meat burgers

Appetite

Volumn 125, Issue , 2018, Pages 428-437

  Slade, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cultured meat; Meat substitutes; Plant protein

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONSUMER; COST; CULTURED MEAT BURGER; ENVIRONMENT; FOOD; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PREFERENCE; GENDER; HUMAN; PLANT BASED BURGER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMAL; BOVINE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; DECISION MAKING; FEMALE; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT; RED MEAT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TASTE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUE; YOUNG ADULT;

PLANT PROTEIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; CATTLE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COMMERCE; CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEAT PRODUCTS; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT PROTEINS; PLANTS; RED MEAT; TASTE; TISSUE CULTURE TECHNIQUES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85042877223     PISSN: 01956663     EISSN: 10958304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.appet.2018.02.030     Document Type: Article

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