Consumer acceptance of foods containing edible insects in Belgium two years after their introduction to the market

Journal of Insects as Food and Feed

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 35-44

  Van Thielen, L ^a   Vermuyten, S ^a   Storms, B ^a   Rumpold, B ^b   Van Campenhout, L ^c,d  

^a Thomas More University College   (Belgium)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^d LEUVEN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTRE LFORCE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Entomophagy; Insect foods; Market study; Processed insects

Indexed keywords

EID: 85063982021     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23524588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3920/JIFF2017.0075     Document Type: Article

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