economy of scale, 248
edible coating, 104
Effective Consumer Response (ECR), 17,
246, 248–250, 263, 300–301
eggplant, 25, 38, 100
Elaboration Likelihood Model (ELM), 172
electrical circuit, 268
electrode, 165
electromyograph (EMG), 165
electron transport, 105
electronic nose, 106
emotional, 239
empirical analysis, 235
employee, 279
end product, 3, 5, 12, 252
enforcement agency, 230
engineering, 146–147
England, 280
English, 165
environment, 15, 21, 47, 59, 87, 100,
179–181, 248, 254–255, 258, 262,
286–287, 291–294
environmental, 268–269, 275, 278, 283
controls, 252
effects, 65, 85–94,
factor, 107, 240–241, 301
impact, 287
stress, 272
supplier, 275
variable, 241
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
37
enzymatic browning, 106
enzyme activity, 102, 105–106, 111, 147
epidemiology, 35, 110
epidermis, 98
equilibrium relative humidity (ERH), 104
equipment, 273
manufacturer, 271
erucic acid, 35–36
ether, 114
ethical, 160
ethylene, 28–31, 38–40, 91, 98–99, 102,
106, 116
European, 167
Union (EU), 251
evaporation, 103evident quality characteristic, 47, 53–57
excellence, 146, 148–149, 298
exciting quality, 207–209
exotic food, 44–45, 243
expectation
analysis, 158, 170–171
disconfirmation framework, 204
experience, 170–171, 233, 243, 270,
299–300
experimental economics, 238
expert systems, 16
exporting association, 282–283
extension, 291–292, 294
program, 282
specialist, 50
external
appearance, 162–163
knowledge, 294
odor, 162–163
preference map, 161
quality, 12, 86–87, 93, 138
validity 146–147, 149–150, 154
extrinsic
factors, 6–8, 87, 298, 302
properties, 116, 127, 142, 159, 179,
202–203, 298–299facility, 277
factorial analysis, 23, 52, 185
family farm, 251, 270
farm, 234, 251, 270, 273
level, 235
value, 239
farnesyl pyrophosphate, 34
fat content, 53, 56–57, 160–161
fatigue, 173
fatty acid, 33, 35, 40, 109
omega 3, 40
FDA, 37–38
Fechner’s law, 182
fertility, 256
fertilizer, 59, 261, 287–290, 292
fiber, 151, 233
field
crops, 21
release, 25–26, 31, 38
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