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Food innovation: edible insects for humans

Abstract:

In this article, we analyzed the percent of perception and thirty individuals about insect consumption. Applied a questionnaire and through similarity analysis expressions organizers of mental representations of the animal appeared as "no" and "disgust". The perception has structural function of the way people react to stimuli. It follows, then, that marketing strategies have committed no effects not consider the symbolic aspects of food.

Key words:
innovation; food consumer behavior; edible insects

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