European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 23, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday september 23, 1977 the stars and stripes Page 19 i t s rare to find a grocery shopper these Day who has t been clued in when it comes to compar ing prices on similar foods in unequal sized  Brand a pot pie Sells for 49 cents for 29 ounces compared to Brand b at 31 cents for 16 ounces. With your Handy shopping calculator you Divide total Cost by the amount of ounces in each to reach the Basic per ounce Price. Brand a costs the least five cents a Pound less. But there s More to smart shopping than just figuring which product will Cost less at the Cash Regis Ter. It can be that Brand a pot pie for example though cheaper in t the Best buy. Why because it contains far less protein than Brand b and you Are looking for a main dish. In other words it s less nutrition for the Money and after All that s what food is All about. Here s where a Gander at that Label can be revealing. First a Check of the ingredients lets you know what Basi Cally has gone into the product. Say ingredients Are listed As follows flour water egg Dairy products beef Flavouring beef. You know flour is the main ingredient next water then egg Etc. It could be though that both Brand a and Brand b pot pies list ingredients in pretty much the same order and look As though they probably contain a fair amount of meat. So which offers the Best nutrition Check out the nutrition info on the Label. The upper portion of the Label shows you the number of calories in a serving of the food and lists in Grams the amount of protein carbohydrate and fat. These Are the three major nutrients that make up All the food we eat. The lower portion of the Label tells you the percentage of United states recommended daily allowance . Rda for protein and seven vitamins and minerals that one serving will provide. Add the percentages of each nutrient consumed throughout the Day and when the daily total approaches 100, you can be assured you re getting an ample Supply. Here Are the recommended daily allowances for adults and children Over four years old. Nutrients amount protein Vitamin a Vitamin c ascorbic acid thiamine Vitamin by Riboflavin Vitamin b2 niacin Calcium 45 or 65 Grams 5,000 International units 60 milligrams 1.5 milligrams 1.7 milligrams 20 milligrams 1.0 Grams Sweden Fries hamburgers Are Good but not with French Fried  vegetables and boiled Pota toes instead. It s  s the advice of the swed ish social Board health Council a state organization dedicated to improving swedish dietary and exercise habits. American nutritionists might Well envy this governmental approach that in promoting better nutrition can t help but take a Side swipe at Industry the Candy bar companies and Sellers of Fries. And Sweden in t alone in government action programs designed to improve its countrymen s diet. All Scandinavia seems to be involved. In Norway the parliament has approved a government report that norwegians should consume less fat and sugar and eat More Grain potatoes vegetables and fish. In Finland a five year project involving changing dietary habits of an entire county s population has resulted in less heart disease. In Norway the state however has to go a Little easy. It is looking for the dividing line Between a Good diet and supporting domes tic food industries. While urging reductions in fats the government is committed to maintaining a reasonable consumption of milk and milk products. In Iron Vitamin d Vitamin e Vitamin b6 folic acid Folarin Vitamin b12 phosphorus iodine magnesium Zinc Copper biotin Panto Henic acid 18 milligrams 400 International units 30 International units 2.0 milligrams 0.4 milligrams 6 micrograms 1.0 Gram 150 micrograms 400 milligrams 115 milligrams 2 milligrams 0.3 milligrams 10 milligrams these allowances set by the food and drug administration Are based on body needs for most healthy adults. Set at generous Levels they provide a considerable margin of safety for most people above minimum body needs for most nutrients. Nutrition labels list . Adas by percentage per serving of food. For example if the nutrition Label says Vitamin a 10," that Means a serv ing of the food contains 10 per cent of the . Rda for Vitamin a. . Adas replaced the old minimum daily requirements mar. Since no single food can provide All the nutrients needed you must eat a variety of foods each Day. Lets take a look at the key nutrients to see what foods Supply them and what they can do for the body. Major nutrients protein function builds and repairs All body tis sues. Supplies Energy calories. Good sources meal fish poultry eggs milk and cheese. Also dried peas and Beans nuts and enriched breads and cereals. Carbohydrate function supplies Energy Calo Ries. Good sources starches such As breads cereals Rice pasta potatoes. Also sugar and other sweets. Fat function most concentrated source of Energy calories. Carries vitamins a de and k. Good sources butter Margarine vegetable oils salad dress Ings meat and Dairy fats. Vitamins Vitamin a function promotes Normal vision in dim Light and healthy skin and lining tissues. Provides Resis Tance to infection. Good sources liver eggs dark Green and yellow vegetables butter Margarine milk peaches and Cantaloupe. Vitamin d function helps the body build Calcium and phosphorus into Bones and Teeth. Good sources fish liver oils and fortified milk and Margarine. The Vita min also is formed in the skin on exposure to sunlight. Vitamin c or ascorbic acid function important for healthy tissues Gums blood vessels Bones and Teeth. Promotes Healing. Good sources Citrus fruits strawberries Cantaloupe Broccoli cabbage tomatoes Green peppers and potatoes. Thiamine or Vitamin by function promotes Normal appetite and digestion and helps keep the nervous system healthy. Good sources meat especially pork and liver enriched breads an cereals dried peas and Beans. Riboflavin or Vitamin b2. Function helps keep eyes skin and Mouth healthy. Good sources meat especially liver milk and milk products eggs Green Leafy vegetables enriched breads and cereals. Niacin function helps keep skin Mouth and the Ner Vous system healthy. Good sources liver fish meat enriched breads and cereals milk peanuts. Minerals Calcium function builds Bones and Teeth and helps nerves Muscles and heart function properly. Helps blood clotting. Good sources milk and milk products Salmon sardines Green Leafy vegetables. Iron function helps build red blood cells. Good source meats especially liver egg Yolk oysters Green Leafy vegetables dried fruits enriched breads and  ack to the subject of making that food Money go further Reader Reni Weisel reminds Ameri cans living in Germany that now is the time for Good buys in potatoes in German supermarkets. According to Weisel if you Purchase spuds in Large quantities you can buy them for five cents a Pound or  just purchased 25 pounds for 2.98 Marks that s $1.29 or five cents a Pound. Large families can save even More by buying in 50 Pound  she notes that the potatoes will keep Ull Winter if stored in a Cool dry place. German families usually. Store them in bins in the basement. Potatoes in the commissaries Are Selling at about 13 cents a Pound or five pounds for 68 cents. Besides potatoes Weisel says that the european markets also Are offering Good buys in onions cabbage and cucumbers right now. Food Outlook by Don Kendall associated press he people who get food from the farm to the consumer Are continuing to get a bigger chunk of what Ameri cans spend to feed themselves the agriculture department says. A family of three will spend an average $1,945 this year for food produced on Ameri can farms $50 More than for the same 65 items last year according to a government analysis. With the Farmers share of that hypothetical family s spending Down $4, middlemen Are increasing their share $54. That s the same jump the processors wholesalers and retailers experienced from 1975 to 1976. The projection for this year said Farmers whose incomes Are dropping sharply will receive $745 of what the hypothetical family spends on food in the . This makes the second year in a Row that their share will be Down. Last year they got $35 less from the hypothetical family s spending than in 1975. Middlemen meanwhile Are expected to account for $1,200 of the 1977 grocery budget. The list theoretically represents the food needed to Supply a household of 3.2 persons for an entire year. The Marke Basket which covers about 90 per cent of what Consumers spend on food. Food prices Overall. ,. Are expected to be up around 6 per cent does not include seafood or such imported products As Coffee. Agriculture experts Cau Tion that the list is Only a rough guideline and does not attempt to pinpoint what families actually spend to feed themselves. In 1976, the Marke Basket Cost $1,895 for the same hypothetical household up $19 from 1975. Two years ago Market Basket food costs jumped by $126 Over 1974. Put another Way this year s retail Gro Cery Bill is expected to go up 2.6 per cent compared with a 1 per cent increase in 1976 and a 7.2 per cent boost in 1975. Bumper harvests and stepped up production of meat poultry and milk and other items have helped to slow Price rises since 1975. Food prices Overall including imported products and seafood Are expected to be up around 6 per cent a forecast the agriculture department has held to for some months. With Marke Basket food going up about 2.6 per cent this year More than half of the Overall 6 per cent food Price increase is coming from higher prices for Coffee and other imported items the report said. The reports said net farm income the Money Farmers have left after paying expenses is expected to drop to $19 3 billion from $21.9 billion in 1976. Lower prices for Grain and some other commodities Are major factors