Sensory-liking expectations and perceptions of processed and unprocessed insect products

International Journal on Food System Dynamics

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 314-320

  Sogari, Giovanni ^a   Menozzi, Davide ^a   Mora, Cristina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Consumer studies; Cricket; Entomophagy; Italy; Novel food; Sensory science

Indexed keywords

EID: 85052531296     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18696945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18461/ijfsd.v9i4.942     Document Type: Article

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