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Grocery Shopping - Tips for Choosing Dairy Foods on a Budget
Buy the form that costs less for each serving:
- Dry milk costs less than fresh milk.
- If you don't like it for drinking, try it for cooking. Or,
make up dry milk and mix it ½ and ½ with fresh milk.
Buy the size that costs less for each serving, for example:
- Cheese in large packages costs less per serving than the same
amount in smaller packages.
- A gallon of milk costs less per serving than milk in quarts or half
gallons.
- A gallon of ice milk costs less per serving than ice milk in small
containers.
Buy the kind of package that costs less for each serving:
- Store brand milk, yogurt and cheese cost less for a serving than
name brands.
- Cheese in blocks costs less for a serving than wrapped single
slices of cheese.
Some people have pain and gas when they drink milk or eat foods made with
milk or milk products. It is called lactose intolerance.
What foods besides dairy foods have calcium?
- Canned fish with bones like sardines, mackerel, and salmon
- Greens like kale, turnip, mustard and collards
- Orange juice with calcium added
- Broccoli
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