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Planning Meals
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meal management | using resources of skills, money, and time to put together nutritious meals |
convenience food | a food product that requires minimal preparation |
national brand | a product that is advertised nationwide |
house brand | a brand that is sold by a store or chain of stores |
generic product | a product that has a plain label containing only required information |
unit pricing | a consumer aid that shows the cost per standard unit of weight or measure for a product |
open dating | a dating process that gives information about the freshness of foods |
pack date | a date stamped on food products such as canned goods that tells when the food was processed |
pull date | a date stamped on food products such as dairy products and cold cuts that shows the last day a store should sell the product |
freshness date | a date stamped on food products such as baked goods that indicates the end of a product's quality peak |
expiration date | a date stamped on food products such as yeast and baby formula indicating the last day the product should be used or eaten |
food additive | a substance added to a food for a specific purpose |
universal product code (UPC) | a group of bars and numbers appearing on a product that contains price and product information |
food rotation | storing the freshest food at the back of the shelf in order that the oldest foods, stored at the front of the shelf, will be used first |
aseptic packaging | a packaging technique in which foods and containers are sterilized separately before food is packed in the container in a sterilized chamber |
retort packaging | a shelf-stable food packaging method in which foods are sealed in a foil pouch and then sterilized |