Smart Consumer Flashcards
National brand
Are brands advertised and sold through out country
House brands
Are brands sold only by a store or chain of that store
Additives
Are substances that are added to food for a specific purpose like preserving food
Generic brand
A plain labeled product that has the nutrition as the others but not the quality
Sodium bicarbonate or baking soda
Serves as a leavening agent
Humectants
Like glycerin and propylene glycol are added to foods to retain moisture
Acetone peroxide
Bleaching agent for white flour
Emulsifiers
To keep food from separating ex peanut butter
Pack date
When the food was processed or packaged
Pull or sell date
The last day a store should sell products
Expiration date
The last date a consumer should eat or use a product
Freshness date
The product is not at its best but it is still ok
Impulse buying
Is when u make unplanned purchases ex. When I buy shoes
Nutrient dense
Lots of nutrition
Quackery
Something that is not the full truth or no truth
Empty calories foods
No nutrition foods have lots of calories like a chocolate bar
Fad diets
Ignore good nutrition and healthy eating
Nutrition claims
When the company claims some food has some kind of nutrition
Retail food demonstration
Taste testing
Basal metabolic rate
The amount to support the body at it lowest point
Nutrition aide
A person who plans to help people choose food that have a budget and are still healthy
Body mass index
To figure out how much fat is on your body
Yoyo dieting
loose weight and then gain it back
Comparison shopping
Looking at different products