European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 5, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 20 the stars and stripes february 1981 consumer Wake by Mary Neh Booklet spells Way to healthy diet new York times the department of agriculture has issued a Booklet of menus and recipes designed to help Consumers cat healthy the called ideas for better is based on Federal guidelines issued last year that recommended that people avoid consuming too much Salt and alcohol and foods containing too much fat and the guidelines also recommended eating a variety of maintaining proper body weight and eating foods that contained adequate amounts of starch and the seven menus and 15 recipes in the publication reflect the guidelines recommendations and Illus trate Peoples diverse eating while they include such traditional american dishes that arc High in fats and cholesterol As hamburgers and French bagels and Cream Ham and cheese sandwiches and scrambled the menus have a higher level of bread and Grain milk and fresh fruit and vegetables than Are normally among the recipes Are whole wheat pancakes with Blueberry flounder beef with chinese style vegetable Apple Crisp and Chili bean the publication also tells Consumers How to vary the Sample menus by substituting other foods in the same for on one Mustard greens or watercress could be substituted for the menus Are designed for As recommended by the they contain less than 35 percent Cal ories As All the menus contain 50 percent or More of calories from the percentage of calories from protein is somewhat higher than the average amount consumed by most the cholesterol con tent of the menus varies but is somewhat lower than current average each of the daily which includes break dinner and a total either or the menu excludes some of the foods on the but the menus Are not designed for weight the caloric Levels were according to agriculture department because they represent the average consumption Levels reported by men and women on National All the recipes were tested for taste by six to 10 trained volunteers at the agriculture copies of the publication Are available for from the United states government printing superintendent of the agriculture department has no copies for in releasing the publication at a news the assistant Secretary of Carol Tucker fore co stores to top sales record look for More sales at your local commissaries in the months to to help customers fight the effects of higher food prices due to a representative of the troop support Agency Tsa in said he is aiming for million in manufacturers Price reductions in we offered customers in savings this past year in manufacturers discounts and 349 in Coupon he were out to top that this in the there have been complaints that some specials offered by companies Selling to the commissaries were available Only within the United there is a concerted Effort to obtain More prs vendors Price reductions for the overseas according to the Tsa there has been a Good response from the tobacco companies Al ready have promised sales to customers Worth he it is up to the commissary officers to see that prs Are offered at the local a Sharp commissary officer will take advantage of every such Sale for the Benefit of his according to the Tsa most Are doing just he reports that there has been 90 percent store participation in some of the recent to prompt the commissary men to keep taking part in such the management team that visits the stores rating them As to will now also Grade them on the number of sales there is also a move to make free samples available to at the january meeting of the european Chap ter of the american logistics association whose members represent companies Selling to the onetime Stockage of such samples was the Ala members were informed about a new ordering program that will make it possible for companies to bring free samples a number of prs were offered in january and More Are slated for this some examples 16 percent or More savings on a Brand of breakfast the same for a Brand of from five to 10 percent off on certain salad dressing 19 cents off on 32ounce bottles of one 82 cents off on Gallons of one cooking 19 cents off on 32ounce bottles of a Spaghetti 19 cents off on 8ounce jars of a salad special shelf Price tags Are used to Mark the Sale besides the apr the Tsa representative said that overseas customers also get some Price Breaks not Avail Able Back in the he noted that there Are substantial savings in fresh beef purchased in Europe and in locally purchased for a liter of fresh european Orange juice quarts has been Selling for 45 cents compared to 66 cents for a quart of american the european purchased Grapefruit juice is 51 cents a liter compared to 66 cents a quart for the american and Apple juice is Only 45 cents a liter compared to 72 cents for the there is also Money to be saved in danish purchased the Plum Rose Brand has sold for cents for a two Pound can compared to for a comparable two Pound american Brand and bristling sardines go for Only 36 cents compared to the american cans of the same size for 81 a bittersweet report on sugar sugar prices Are zooming up in the and the Cost increase is being reflected in overseas the Price climb is based on a sugar suppl demand situation similar to what occurred in when a tightening Supply amid increasing world wide demand drove the Price in the commissary up to for u five Pound bitter sugar is right Back up there at that same As of the troop support Agency Tsa in has listed 5 pounds of Domino sugar at up from in this Tsa has set out to sweeten the picture by purchasing european beet sugar for the army according to a Tsa the local Purchase which should be stocked in most army stores or in the near will Cost for pounds a savings of seven cents a the european sugar will not be sold in air Force an a coms spokesman reported that his organization has elected not to take he explained that generally the air Force tries to buy the exception is when an item is fresher when purchased from an overseas source not Avail Able on the stateside he said he had been informed that beet sugar int As Sweet As Cane sugar that it takes twice As much for the same sweetening is there a difference Between the two types of sugars americans sometimes claim the taste of soft drinks in Germany is different from their taste in the and blame it on the according to Rainer chief of Public relations for biggest producer of beet sugar in there is no taste difference because crystals of beet and Cane sugar Are the a spokesman at dare in we Bruecken it was also pointed out that not All sugar used in the states is Cane according to Mary 7th me com consultant on sugar beet is the largest source of commercially available sugar in the she advises that neither Cane or beet As refined contain any noted that americans were aware of health and nutrition concerns when they bought but were Curi Ous about How to coordinate healthy foods with food Choice she said that the Public wanted such information because 75 percent of five million copies of the departments publications requested in 1979 were concerned with food and during his confirmation agriculture Secre tar designate John Block said he did not think the fed eral government should be in the business of recommending what americans should Foreman said that since the department spent Mil Lions of dollars advising pork Farmers about efficient it  do less for human beings than for pig or f Coffee heading Down in Price Hills Brothers the nations third largest Coffee has announced that it is lowering the wholesale Price of Coffee by 18 cents a Pound to according to the United press a spokeswoman for the san Francisco based Rosalind said the reductions matched previous cuts by Procter Gamble and general foods the two largest roasters in the she said the Cut was caused by continued reductions in the Price of Green in commodities Market the Price of such Coffee has fallen to a the reduction is the first since late october and continues a trend of declines that began after Coffee had climbed to a it usually takes about a month for changes in the whole Sale Price of Coffee to be reflected at the retail besides reducing the Price of ground Coffeey 18 cents a Hills Brothers Cut the Price of its High yield Coffee by 15 cents per i3ounce Jar and reduced the Price of instant Coffee by one cent an in overseas because of the Long manufacturer to store prices lag about three months behind those in the Hills Brothers regular grind Coffee was listed at a Pound in the troop support Agency Price Book for that was Down from in ten ounces of Hills Brothers instant was Down from to prices of other brands also Folger regular was Selling for Down 20 cents from december two pounds of Chase Sanborn regular were Down from Maxwell regular was a Pound Down from instant tasters Choice was Down from for 8 ounces Butternut regular had gone from to a european purchased Jacobs and Rio Grande coffees also were Down in Jacobs nacht for exam went from to for 250 Grams and a Pound of Rio Grande to from Yuban Brand went up from to for a Pound of regular As have those Flavoured instant cof internationals instant suisse for were up from to a chock full nuts remained at the same Price for a Pound food ads adding up food manufacturers Are the biggest advertisers even Topping the corporations that sell automobiles and that the finding of Anthony a department of agriculture according to food and service companies spent a total of billion on ads in 1978 twice As much As that spent by the automobile and Gas which foods Are advertised most in his Gallo found that the highly processed foods grab the largest single share of total Media about million percent of Foo Industry advertising was spent on soft drinks alone during perishables or relatively unprocessed foods take a Small portion of the the food Industry gives the least advertising to unprocessed fresh Dairy and fruits and ninety percent of the food advertising dollars excluding the amount spent in newspapers to announce sales goes for television