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Low Income in Canada: 2000-2006 Using the Market Basket Measure - October 2008
Appendix B - Health Canada's National Nutritious Food Basket - 1998
| Suggested Purchase Units and Approximate Weekly As-Purchased Quantities, National Nutritious Food Basket - 1998 |
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|---|---|---|
| Food | Suggested Purchase Unit | Approximate Quantities Purchased Weekly |
| Milk Products | ||
| 2% Milk | 4 L | 10.45 L |
| Yoghurt, fruit, 2% BF | 500 g | 230 g |
| Cheddar cheese, medium | 227 g | 245 g |
| Processed cheese slices | 500 g | 275 g |
| Mozzarella cheese, 16.5% BF | 227 g | 365 g |
| Vanilla ice cream, 10% BF | 2 L | 930 mL |
| Eggs | ||
| Grade A large | 12 (1 doz) | 12 |
| Meats, Poultry, Fish | ||
| Round steak | - | 500 g |
| Boneless stewing beef | - | 210 g |
| Ground beef, medium | - | 655 g |
| Pork chops, loin | - | 400 g |
| Chicken legs, no back | - | 1.34 kg |
| Wieners, beef and pork | 450 g | 165 g |
| Sliced ham, 11% fat | 175 g | 335 g |
| Frozen fish fillets | 400 g | 200 g |
| Pink salmon, canned | 213 g | 115 g |
| Tuna, canned, in water | 170 g | 65 g |
| Meat Alternatives | ||
| Baked beans, tomato sauce, canned | 398 mL | 330 mL |
| White beans, dry | 454 g | 80 g |
| Peanut butter | 500 g | 365 g |
| Grain Products | ||
| Bread, enriched, white | 675 g | 1.4 kg |
| Bread, whole wheat | 675 g | 1.4 kg |
| Hot dog/hamburger rolls | 8 pack | 18 rolls |
| Flour, all purpose | 2.5 kg | 655 g |
| Flour, whole wheat | 2.5 kg | 165 g |
| Spaghetti/macaroni, enriched | 900 g | 755 g |
| Rice, long-grained, white, parboiled | 900 g | 550 g |
| Macaroni/cheese dinner, dry | 225 g | 155 g |
| Oatmeal, regular/quick-cooking | 1 kg | 55 g |
| Corn flakes | 675 g | 345 g |
| Shreddies™ | 800 g | 345 g |
| Soda crackers | 450 g | 205 g |
| Social teas | 400 g | 455 g |
| Citrus Fruits and Tomatoes | ||
| Oranges | - | 710 g |
| Apple juice, canned, vitamin C added | 1.36 L can | 1 L |
| Orange juice, frozen concentrate | 355 mL | 330 mL |
| Tomatoes | - | 560 g |
| Whole tomatoes, canned | 796 mL | 240 mL |
| Tomato juice | 1.36 L can | 165 mL |
| Other Fruit | ||
| Apples | - | 1.8 kg |
| Bananas | - | 2.3 kg |
| Grapes | - | 480 g |
| Pears | - | 755 g |
| Raisins, seedless | 750 g | 100 g |
| Fruit cocktail, canned in juice | 398 mL | 335 mL |
| Potatoes | ||
| Potatoes, fresh | 4.54 kg | 5.5 kg |
| French-fried potatoes, frozen | 1 kg | 615 g |
| Other Vegetables | ||
| Broccoli | - | 585 g |
| Cabbage | - | 255 g |
| Carrots, fresh | 1.1 kg bag | 885 g |
| Celery | - | 345 g |
| Cucumber | - | 455 g |
| Lettuce, iceberg | - | 450 g |
| Lettuce, romaine | - | 595 g |
| Onions | - | 740 g |
| Green peppers | - | 305 g |
| Turnips (rutabaga) | - | 360 g |
| Mixed vegetables, frozen | 1 kg | 330 g |
| Kernel corn, canned | 341 mL | 565 mL |
| Green peas, canned | 540 mL | 215 mL |
| Fats and Oils | ||
| Margarine, tub, non-hydrogenated | 454 g | 365 g |
| Butter | 454 g | 190 g |
| Canola oil | 1 L | 230 mL |
| Salad dressing (mayo type, <35% oil) | 500 mL | 195 mL |
| Sugar and Other Sweets | ||
| Sugar, white | 2 kg | 845 g |
| Strawberry jam | 500 mL | 155 mL |
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