What is “natural”? Consumer responses to selected ingredients

Foods

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Edgar Chambers, V ^a   Chambers, Edgar ^a   Castro, Mauricio ^a  

^a KANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consumer; Ingredient; Natural; Perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 85058161748     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23048158     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/foods7040065     Document Type: Article

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