Vocabulary
Any substance that becomes part of a food product when added directly to that food item.
What are additives?
This store sells a wide variety of food and household products, and offers services like check cashing.
What is a supermarket?
This size is usually the best value.
What is the Larger size?
This item, present in the largest amount by weight must be listed first in this list.
What is the ingredient list?
This date tells when a product should be used to assure peak quality.
What is the freshness date?
Dietary references used on food labels to show consumers how food products fit into an overall diet
What are Daily Values?
This type of store sells grocery items at lower prices, but carries less variety and fewer services.
What is a warehouse supermarket?
Brands that are sold throughout the country.
What is a national brand?
This represents a portion size that a typical person would eat.
What is serving size?
This date tells when a food was packaged and is often found on canned foods.
What the pack date?
The cost for each unit of measure or weight of a product.
What is unit price?
This type of store is generally open for longer hours and are often found in neighborhood locations.
What is a convenience store?
These brands usually cost less because there is little or no advertising cost.
What is a store or house brand?
This tells you how many portions the package contains.
What is servings per container?
This date indicates the last day a product should be sold.
What is the sell or pull date?
The group of bars and numbers that appears on product packaging.
What is a universal product code?
This type of store carries one type of food item.
What is a specialty store?
These products usually cost less due to reduced packaging costs and varying quality.
What are generic products?
Dietary references used on food labels to show consumers how food products fit into an overall diet.
What are daily values?
This is NOT a requirement to be on a nutrient facts label.
What are the ingredients used?
A method used to help store employees and consumers know when a food product is fresh.
What is open dating?
This type of market allows local farmers to sell their produce at little cost.
What is a farmers market or roadside stand?
An easy way to compare the costs of different brands, sizes, and forms of products.
What is unit pricing?
This is a list of nutritional elements found in each serving of the food product.
What are dietary components?
This date is the date when a food product is no longer flavorful, useful, or safe.
What is an expiration date?