Answer: When it tastes as good as the real thing! Generic food brands, introduced in 1977, have changed dramatically over the last 37 years. Initially sold in plain white packaging with black lettering, they were considered inferior to name brand products. The “generics” were even ostracized to their own aisle; a grocery store version of […]
Food Riddle: When is a generic food not a generic?
WRITTEN BY: Donna Green, Extension Educator, Family and Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, Erie County, green.308@osu.edu
REVIEWED BY: Betsy DeMatteo, Extension Educator, Family & Consumer Sciences, Ohio State University Extension, dematteo.15@osu.edu
SOURCES:
- http://www.consumerreports.org/cro/magazine-archive/2010/october/shopping/store-brands-vs-name-brands/overview/index.htm
- http://extension.oregonstate.edu/fcd/nutrition/ewfl/module3/shopping2.html
- http://www.acrwebsite.org/search/view-conference-proceedings.aspx?Id=9804