We will eat disgusting foods together – Evidence of the normative basis of Western entomophagy-disgust from an insect tasting

Food Quality and Preference

Volumn 72, Issue , 2019, Pages 109-115

  Jensen, Niels Holm ^a   Lieberoth, Andreas ^b  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Disgust; Entomophagy; Food neophobia; Insects; Social norms; Willingness to eat

Indexed keywords

EID: 85054831461     PISSN: 09503293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodqual.2018.08.012     Document Type: Article

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