Consumer behavior of organic and functional foods in Brazil

Food Science and Technology (Brazil)

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2020, Pages 469-475

  Martins, Adalgisa Paula de Oliveira ^a   Bezerra, Maria de Fátima ^a   Marques Júnior, Sérgio ^a   Brito, André Fonseca ^b   de Andrade Neto, Júlio César ^a   Galvão Júnior, José Geraldo Bezerra ^c   de LIMA JÚNIOR, Dorgival Morais ^d   Rangel, Adriano Henrique Do Nascimento ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c Centro Federal de Educacao Tecnologica do Rio Grande do Norte   (Brazil)

^d FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF ALAGOAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Consumption frequency; Healthy foods; Quality of life; Reasons for consumption

Indexed keywords

EID: 85081252979     PISSN: 01012061     EISSN: 1678457X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/fst.03519     Document Type: Article

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