Applesauce Broth, chicken Cheese, cheddar, Cheese, Monterey • Lucky Leaf Old Fashioned • Swanson Certified Organic sharp Jack Natural Apple Sauce Free Range • Cabot Sharp Vermont • Cabot  Better Than Bouillon Tillamook Sharp Bacon • • Cheese, mozzarella Chicken Base Cracker Barrel Sharp  Farmland Hickory Smoked • • • Swanson Natural Goodness White Block • Boar’s Head Brand • Dragone Whole Milk Naturally Smoked Sliced Broth, vegetable Cheese, cheddar, • Polly-O Part Skim presliced • Hormel Black Label Original • Swanson Vegetarian Shredded Vegetable Broth • Tillamook Sharp Kraft Shredded Part Skim Barbecue sauce • • Cabot All Natural Sharp • Polly-O Shredded Whole  Bull’s-Eye Original Buns, hamburger • Cracker Barrel Natural Milk Barbecue Sauce  Pepperidge Farm Premium • 2008 • Sharp Bakery Rolls Cheese, Parmesan Beans, canned Cheese, cheddar, Butter, unsalted • Boar’s Head Parmigiano- Chickpeas reduced-fat Reggiano Buying Guide Pastene • Plugrá • • Cracker Barrel Reduced • Il Villagio Parmigiano- for Supermarket Dark red kidney • Celles sur Belle Fat Sharp Reggiano Green Giant • Best buy • Cabot 50% Light Sharp Best buy Ingredients • Goya Dark • Land O’Lakes BelGioioso Parmesan Cheese, cream • White Cheese, American, Philadelphia Cheese, ricotta, • Westbrae Organic Great presliced • Northern part-skim • Sara Lee American Slices Cheese, cream, • Progresso Cannellini • Calabro Hundreds of • Land O’Lakes American reduced-fat Top-Rated Blueberries, frozen Yellow (and White) • Philadelphia Neufchâtel Cheese, Swiss Brands from our • Wyman’s Frozen Wild • Kraft Deli Deluxe White 1/3 Less Fat For eating raw Slices • Philadelphia Light • Emmenthaler up-to-date Bread, white sandwich Cheese, Asiago Cheese, feta For grilled cheese Blind Taste Tests • Pepperidge Farm • Jarlsberg Farmhouse Hearty White • BelGioioso • Athenos Chicken, breasts, • Arnold Country Classics Cheese, blue Cheese, fontina White boneless skinless For salads For eating raw • Empire Kosher Bread, whole wheat Roquefort Fontina Val d’Aosta • • • Bell & Evans  Pepperidge Farm 100% Stilton • • For cooking • Springer Mountain Farms Natural Whole Wheat For dips and dressings • BelGioioso Danish Chicken, whole Bread crumbs • Cheese, goat • Empire Kosher • Ian’s Panko Cheese, cheddar, • Vermont Butter & Cheese • Bell & Evans • Progresso Plain extra-sharp Company Chèvre • Cabot Private Stock Broth, beef Cheese, Gruyère • Cabot Extra Sharp • Redi-Base Beef Base • Gruyère Reserve Wheel • Pacific • Emmi Le Gruyère Reserve Chili powder Cocoa powder Curry powder Ice cream, vanilla Molasses Pasta, farfalle • Spice Islands Best overall • Penzeys Regular • Grandma’s Original or • Mueller’s Bow Ties  El Paso Chile Company • Callebaut • Turkey Hill All Natural Robust • Dressing, Italian Pasta, fresh Chili Spices & Fixins Best supermarket brand Flavor Vanilla Bean • Brer Rabbit Mild or Full • Penderey’s Top Hat Chile • Droste • Good Seasons Italian All French-style Flavor • Buitoni Natural Salad Dressing Mix Blend • Edy’s Dreamery Vanilla Pasta, lasagna Coconut milk Kraft Seven Seas Viva Mustard, Dijon • noodles, no-boil Chocolate, dark For savory Italian Dressing Ice cream, vanilla, • Grey Poupon light Ronzoni • Callebaut Intense Dark • Chaokoh • Egg substitute Mustard, whole-grain DeFino Chocolate, L-60-40 NV For sweet • Häagen-Dazs • Egg Beaters Grey Poupon Harvest • Ghirardelli Bittersweet • KA-ME • • • Barilla Ketchup Grey Poupon Country Chocolate Baking Bar Garam masala • Coffee, whole bean, • Hunt’s Pasta, penne Olive oil, extra- Chocolate, milk French roast • McCormick Gourmet • Heinz Organic • Mueller’s Collection virgin, high-end • Dove Darker roast • Annie’s Natural Organic Columela Pasta, spaghetti • Scharffen Berger • Starbucks Greens, bagged • Lemonade Núñez de Prado Organic • Ronzoni • Lindt Excellence Extra Lighter roast  Pure Pacific Certified • •  Newman’s Own Old Creamy • Eight O’Clock Coffee Organic Spring Mix • • Terra Medi Pasta, spaghetti, Fashioned Roadside Virgin • Ready Pac Organic Olive oil, extra- whole wheat Chocolate, semisweet Coffee, whole bean, • Florida’s Natural chips supermarket Mesclun Blend virgin, supermarket • Ronzoni Healthy Harvest • Minute Maid Premium • Guittard Semisweet Dark Darker roast Half-and-half, fat-free Frozen Concentrated • DaVinci Pasta sauce Chocolate Chips • Millstone Colombian Land O’Lakes • Colavita • Lemonade, powdered • Patsy’s Marinara • Nestlé Toll House Semi- Supremo Filippo Berio • • Bertolli Tomato & Basil Sweet Chocolate Chunks Lighter roast Ham, spiral-cut • Kool-Aid Barilla Marinara  Green Mountain Coffee Country Time Olive oil, • Chocolate, • • Cook’s Spiral Sliced Hickory • Roasters Our Blend Smoked Honey supermarket unsweetened Peanut butter Maple syrup • DaVinci 100% Pure Cookies, ready-to- Skippy Creamy • Scharffen Berger Hot dogs • Highland Sugarworks • bake chocolate chip • Callebaut • Nathan’s Famous Beef Grade B Orange juice, fresh- • Jif Creamy squeezed • Ghirardelli • Nestlé Toll House Chocolate Franks • Spring Tree Grade A Dark • Reese’s Creamy Chip Cookie Dough Amber • Natalie’s Orchid Island Chocolate, white • Nestlé Toll House Hot fudge sauce Peanut butter, Paprika reduced-fat • Callebaut White Superior Refrigerated Chocolate • Hershey’s Mayonnaise Chip Cookie Dough Bar Hellmann’s Real (Best • Penzeys Hungarian Sweet • Skippy Reduced Fat • Lindt Swiss White Hot sauce • Foods West of the Rockies) Penderey’s Spanish Sweet Super Chunk Cornmeal • Chocolate, white chips • Frank’s RedHot Original • Kraft Real • Arrowhead Mills Pasta, alternative Peppercorns, black • Guittard Choc-Au-Lait Ice cream, chocolate • Hodgson Mill Milk, soy • Vita-Spelt • McCormick/Schilling Cinnamon • Ben & Jerry’s • Silk Organic Plain  Tinkyáda Organic Brown • Kalustyan’s Vietnam Cumin • • Penzeys China Cassia • Edy’s Grand Rice Pasta Spaghetti Style • Penzeys Malabar Penzeys Penzeys Extra Fancy • • Pasta, egg noodles Peppers, roasted red Vietnamese Cassia • McCormick Gourmet Collection Light ‘n Fluffy Wide • McCormick/Schilling • • Divina Ground Cinnamon Pickles, Relish, sweet pickle Spice rub, blackening Tomatoes, canned Tuna, canned Vinegar, balsamic bread-and-butter • Cascadian Farm • Paul Prudhomme’s pureed • Chicken of the Sea Solid • Lucini • Cascadian Farm • Heinz Blackened Redfish Magic • Hunt’s White Albacore Tuna in • Monari Federzoni Water • Progresso Ortalli Pie crust Rice, Arborio Stuffing, packaged • • Cento • Starkist Solid White • Pillsbury Just Unroll! • RiceSelect • Stove Top Stuffing Mix Albacore Tuna in Water Vinegar, red wine Savory Herbs Tomatoes, canned Pizza, cheese, frozen Tuna, in olive oil •Spectrum Naturals Rice, basmati • Bell’s Traditional Stuffing whole Organic  California Pizza Kitchen  Ortiz Bonito del Norte • • Tilda • Progresso Italian-Style • Pompeian Crispy Thin Crust Sweetened (jarred, tinned, or • • Redpack Margherita Rice, long-grain white condensed milk Ventresca) Vinegar, white wine Hunt’s • Freschetta Ultra Thin 5  Canilla Extra Long Grain • Borden’s Whole Milk • • Tuna, pouch All-purpose Cheese Enriched Tea, black Tomatoes, sun-dried • Acetaia Bellei • Tombstone Extra Cheese  Carolina Extra Long-Grain • StarKist • • Trader Joe’s Julienne Blend • Four Monks Original Enriched Plain • Bumble Bee Twinings English Breakfast For cooking • Sem-Chi Organically Grown • Tomato paste • Chicken of the Sea Potato chips • Colavita Florida Long Grain With milk • Amore • Lay’s Kettle Cooked • Tazo Awake Turkey, whole For vinaigrettes • Redpack Original Salsa, hot • Rubashkin’s Aaron’s Best • Maille Teriyaki sauce Preserves, raspberry • Pace Hot Chunky Tortilla chips • Spectrum Naturals • Annie Chun’s Turkey breast, deli For dips • Smucker’s Salt • Sara Lee’s Oven Roasted Waffles, frozen Tomatoes, • Santitas Authentic Mexican • Maldon Sea Salt • Eggo Homestyle Waffles Preserves, strawberry canned crushed Style Vanilla extract • Fleur de Sel de Camargue • Welch’s Tuttorosso • Tostitos 100% White Corn  Shaw’s Pure Water, bottled Morton Coarse Kosher • • • Restaurant Style Vanilla Extract (local Prosciutto • Muir Glen Organic • Volvic Natural Spring Salt, light • Green Mountain Gringo All supermarket brand) • Fiji Natural Artesian • Prosciutto di Parma Tomatoes, Natural • CVS Premium Imitation • Morton Lite canned diced • Dannon Natural Spring • Prosciutto San Daniele For nachos • McCormick Imitation Sausage, breakfast • Muir Glen Organic • Tostitos Natural Yellow Yeast Pumpkin, canned Corn Restaurant Style Veggie burgers • Farmland Pork Sausage • S&W Ready-Cut • SAF • Libby’s One-Pie Links, Fully Cooked • Redpack Tortillas, flour • Gardenburger Original (Instant or Perfect Rise)  Farmland Original Pork (Redgold on the West Burgers Red Star (Instant Active Raspberries, frozen • Tyson Mexican Original • Coast) • or Quick Rise) • 365 Everyday Value Frozen Sausage Links Vinegar, apple cider Raspberries Soy sauce • Maille Apple Cider Yogurt, whole milk Cascadian Farm 100% • Lee Kum Kee Vinegar Brown Cow Cream Top Organic • • • Ohsawa Nama Shoyu • Spectrum Naturals Plain • Big Valley Organic Apple Cider Vinegar, Unfiltered

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