Table 5.
Cup equivalents | Retail cost | Cup equivalents | Retail cost | ||
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Fruit | |||||
Apples | 7 | $3·05 | Starchy vegetables | ||
Oranges | 7 | $4·61 | Sweet corn, canned | 4 | $1·91 |
Grapes | 6 | $4·62 | Green peas, frozen | 4 | $2·62 |
Fruit Cocktail, canned, packed in juice | 6 | $4·57 | Potatoes | 10 | $1·97 |
Frozen concentrated orange juice | 26 | $8·57 | Succotash, frozen | 4 | $2·68 |
Dark green vegetables | Other vegetables | ||||
Romaine heads | 2 | $0·66 | Green cabbage | 3 | $0·79 |
Broccoli, frozen | 2 | $1·41 | Radish | 1 | $0·45 |
Kale, fresh | 3 | $2·36 | Cucumber, eaten with the skin | 5 | $1·71 |
Green beans, canned | 5 | $1·89 | |||
Red and Orange Vegetables | Onions | 1 | $0·41 | ||
Whole carrots, consumed raw | 5 | $1·20 | Green bell pepper | 3 | $1·45 |
Whole carrots, boiled | 5 | $1·52 | |||
Red bell pepper | 4 | $2·99 | Beans and Peas | ||
Sweet potato | 2 | $1·15 | Lentils, dry | 2 | $0·44 |
Tomatoes, canned | 3 | $1·48 | Red kidney beans, canned | 5 | $2·56 |
Roma tomatoes | 4 | $2·13 | |||
Total cost | $59·18 | ||||
Average cost per cup equivalent | $0·46 |
Family of four includes a male and a female aged 31–45 years, one child aged 10 years and one child aged 8 years. In June 2016, the household’s weekly food budget is assumed to have been $147.76 of which about 40 % was earmarked for fruits and vegetables. Highlighted items have been added to the basket above what was included in Table 4. Costs of products are from the US Department of Agriculture’s Fruit and Vegetable Prices data product. Prices are 2016 average retail prices.