date:Jun 02, 2012
The study, which was commissioned by the Canned Food Alliance (CFA), considered the total cost of mostly used canned food and compared it to fresh, frozen and dried fruits, vegetables, beans and tuna, and analyzed the cost-per-nutrient of key nutrients such as protein, fiber, vitamin A, vitamin C, potassium and folate. It also considered the value of the time required to prepare the food and the cost of the waste.
CFA advisor and professor of nutrition at Tufts University Cathy Kapica said that