| A | B |
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| Produce | Fresh fruits and vegetables. |
| Comparison shopping | Evaluating different brands, sizes, and forms of a product before making a purchase decision. |
| Impulse Buying | Making an unplanned purchase without much thought. |
| Grade | An indication of food quality. |
| Brand name | The name a manufacturer puts on a product so people will know that company makes the product. |
| Store brand | A brand only sold by a store or chain |
| National brand | A brand that is advertised and sold throughout the country. |
| Generic product | A plain-labeled, no-brand grocery product. |
| Precycling | Is thinking about how packaging materials can be reused or recycled before you buy a product. |
| Unit pricing | A listing of a product's cost per standard unit, weight, or measure. |
| Organic food | These foods are produced without the use of synthetic fertilizers, pesticides, or growth stimulants. |
| Pesticide | Agents used to kill insects, weeds, and fungi that attack crops. |
| Food additive | Substances that are added to food for a specific purpose, such as preserving food. |
| GRAS list | Generally recognized as safe, this list is distributed by the FDA. |
| Nutrition labeling | A breakdown of a food product's contributions to an average diet. |
| Daily Value | Dietary references that appear on food lables. |
| Universal product code (UPC) | A series of lines, bars, and numbers that appears on packages of food and nonfood items. |
| Open dating | Dates consumers can clearly recognize on perishable and semiperishable foods. |
