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Learning objectives
When it is
bought in
shops it needs
transporting
home!
enticing colourful
adjectives packaging
to
describe
the
product a photo of
such as the
moist, product
sweet and
creamy
Food manufacturers
They might also choosemusttoprovide
add fournine pieces
or five piecesof
information
of extra information:by law:
bar
name or ofsmart codes that identify the price and are
the food
used by shops
description and
of the manufacturers for stock control
food
nutritional
name and information – the
address of the big four or the
manufacturer big four
or seller
and
storagethe instructions
little four
serving
cooking suggestions
or preparation instructions
more or volume about the ingredients – what is
weightinformation
not
a listinofit the ingredients (heaviest first)
further
use-by storage
date information such as not suitable for
freezing
any special claims such as low-fat.
the price.
Which is best?
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Plastics
Plastics have different properties and are used for different
purposes:
Type 1 – PET is the most commonly used one (water
containers); APET (fizzy drinks); CPET is heat resistant (oven
ready-meal trays)
Type 2 – HDPE (milk and detergent bottles)
Type 3 – PVC is banned in some countries (food trays, cling
film, bottles of squash, water and shampoo)
Type 4 – LDPE (plastic bags and bin liners)
Type 5 – PP (margarine tubs and microwaveable meal trays)
Type 6 – PS is polystyrene (yoghurt pots, plastic cutlery, egg
cartons, vending cups and burger cartons)
Type 7 – other plastics that do not fall into any of the above
categories (melamine and non-breakable plates and cups).