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Philadelphia® Original Cream Cheese
NET WT 8 OZ (226 g)
Walmart sells this package for $1.99. However, when the exact product of the same quantity is sold in a “tub,” the cost is $2.89. What percent increase is this?
The Westin Hotel in New York City serves up a bagel that costs $1,000. It’s topped with white truffle cream cheese and a Riesling jelly infused with goji berries and gold leaf. What are goji berries and where are they grown?
As cream cheese contains less than 2 grams of lactose per ounce (28 grams), people with lactose intolerance may not have trouble with it. What is lactose?
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Häagen-Dazs® Chocolate Ice Cream
NET WT 14 FL OZ (414 mL)
Target sells this ice cream carton for $3.99. The store also sells the same ice cream in twice the quantity for $6.99. What is the percent savings by buying the larger carton?
Ice cream can be made at home with five simple ingredients: heavy cream, whole milk, sugar, sea salt, and pure vanilla extract. Since ice cream is a sweet and refreshing treat, you might be surprised to find salt as one of the ingredients. What is the role of salt in making ice cream?
Häagen-Dazs refuses to source the milk it uses in its ice cream from cows that have been treated with rBST. What is rBST?
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Natural Delights® Pitted Organic Fresh Medjool Dates
NET WT 12 OZ (340 g)
Whole Foods sells this package for $8.29. The store also sells organic Medjool dates in their produce section, without the packaging, for $8.29 per pound. What is the percent increase in cost when we buy this item packaged?
All dates are grown on date palm trees, similar to coconut palm trees. Many items sold at Whole Foods are organic, including these dates. What is meant by organic?
Most of the calories in dates come from carbs. Despite their calories, dates have a significant amount of fiber. Dates are also high in antioxidants, such as flavonoids. What are the health benefits of flavonoids?
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365 Everyday Value® Organic Russet Potato
NET WT 1 POTATO (220 g)
Whole Foods sells these potatoes for $0.99/lb. The store also sells organic russet potatoes in a 5-lb bag for $3.99. What is the percent savings when buying the latter?
Experienced farmers can grow 20 tons of potatoes on one acre of land. If a medium potato weighs 200 g, and 1 ton equals 1,000 kg, how many potatoes are in 20 tons?
Growing potatoes is an efficient way of converting land, water, and labor into nutrition. Speaking of water, it takes 25 liters of water to produce one potato, while it takes 2,400 liters of water to produce one hamburger. What’s involved in making a hamburger that would require so much more water?
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Bombay® Brown Basmati Rice
NET WT 10 LB (4.5 kg)
Amazon sells this sack of rice for $52.72. Costco sells its Kirkland Signature® Jasmine Rice in a 25-lb sack for $21.99. What is the unit cost ratio of the basmati to jasmine?
The two largest rice-producing countries are China and India. In the late 20th century, the world rice crop averaged 850 billion pounds annually and was cultivated on an average of about 358 million acres. How many pounds per acre is this?
Rice comes in thousands of varieties other than basmati and jasmine! You may have heard of sushi, arborio, long-grain vs. short-grain, white, brown, and others. Rice contains amylopectin starch and amylase starch. What is the difference between the two starches?
