Consumer Management

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Consumer Management

• Shopping for a Healthy Diet

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Food Guide Pyramid

• Try to choose a variety of foods from the food
  guide pyramid

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Grocery Shopping

• DONTS
• Buy just because of a sale
• Shop when hungry
• Buy on impulse
• Believe price reflects quality

• DOs
• Look for coupons advertised specials
• Take advantage of sales
• Understand the language
• Comparison shop

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Comparison Shopping

• When prices and quality differ in different
  stores.

1.69
.99
Sale 1.25
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Understand the Language

• Fresh product must not have been pre-cooked,
  altered, or frozen
• Low-fat 3g or less/serving
• Sugar free gt.5g of sugar/serving
• Reduced calories or light no more than 3/4 of
  the calories of the product to which it is
  compared.
• More at least 10 must be added
• Fortified Vitamins and minerals have been added
• Enriched Vitamin B complex and iron have been
  added

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Dates

• Expiration date Date in which you should use the
  product
• Sell by date Date in which the products should
  be removed from the store shelves

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Unit Pricing Nutrition Labels

• Nutrition Labels

• Unit Price

• The price of one standard amount of a product.
• (It helps you comparison shop)

• Inform about
• Serving size
• Vitamins
• Minerals
• Fat
• Sugar
• Ingredients

This helps identify the best price per serving
and should be used to comparison shop
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Listed by weight