Buying guide

fOR sUpeRmaRkeT ingReDienTs

2012

Hundreds of Top-Rated Brands from Our Up-To-Date Blind Taste Tests

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Almond extract

Broth, chicken

Cheese, gruyere

swanson Certified Organic

free Range Better Than Bouillon

gruyere Reserve Wheel emmi Le gruyere Reserve

Cheese, mozzarella
Block

nielsen-massey mcCormick imitation

Applesauce

Broth, vegetable

swanson Vegetarian
Brownie mixes, boxed

sorrento Whole milk

musselmans Lite musselmans Home style

ghirardelli Chocolate

B
Bacon

supreme (with Chocolate syrup) Barefoot Contessa

mozzarella (sold as precious on the West Coast)

shredded

kraft shredded part skim

Cheese, Parmesan

Butter, unsalted

farmland Hickory smoked Boars Head Brand

naturally smoked sliced Hormel Black Label Bacon, Original

plugr european-style Vermont Creamery

european-style
Best Buy

Boars Head parmigianoReggiano Reggiano

il Villaggio parmigianoBest Buy

Land OLakes

Belgioioso parmesan
Cheese, ricotta, part-skim

Baked beans

B&m Vegetarian Bushs Best Original

Barbecue sauce

C
Capers

Calabro
Cheese, Swiss
For eating raw

Bulls-eye Original
Beans, canned chickpeas

Reese non pareil Roland nonpareille

Cheese, cheddar, sharp

emmenthaler
For grilled cheese

pastene Goya
Beans, white

Cabot sharp Vermont Tillamook sharp Cracker Barrel sharp White

Cheese, cheddar, extra sharp

Jarlsberg
Chicken, breasts, boneless skinless

Westbrae Organic great

northern progresso Cannellini

Blueberries, frozen

Cabot private stock

Cheddar Cheese

empire kosher Bell & evans springer mountain farms

Chicken, whole

Wymans frozen Wild

Bread, white sandwich

Cheese, cottage

arnold Country Classics pepperidge farm

farmhouse Hearty

Hood Country style friendship 4% California style Cottage Cheese

Cheese, cream

empire kosher Bell & evans

Chili powder

spice islands
Chocolate, dark

Bread, whole wheat

philadelphia Brand
Cheese, feta

Callebaut intense Dark ghirardelli Bittersweet

Chocolate Baking Bar

pepperidge farm 100%

natural Rudis Organic Bakery Honey sweet

Chocolate, L-60-40 nV

mt. Vikos Traditional Valbreso

Cheese, goat

Chocolate, milk

Bread crumbs, panko

ians panko
Broth, beef

Vermont Butter & Cheese

Company Chevre

Dove silky smooth endangered species allnatural smooth

Rachael Ray stock-in-

Le Biquet goat Cheese

green & Blacks Organic

a-Box all-natural Beef flavored stock

Chocolate, dark chocolate chips

D
dressing, italian

ice cream, vanilla

ghirardelli 60% Cacao

Bittersweet

Ben & Jerrys Haagen-Dazs

ice Cream Bars

Hersheys special Dark

mildly sweet

good seasons italian all

natural salad Dressing mix kraft seven seas Viva

Chocolate, milk-chocolate chips

dressing, Creamy italian

Dove Haagen-Dazs
ice Cream Sandwiches

Hersheys milk Chocolate

Chips

marzetti

Chocolate, unsweetened

Hersheys Baking Bar Valrhona scharffen Berger

Chocolate, white chips

F
Flour, all-purpose

nestl/Carnation klondike

king arthur Unbleached pillsbury Unbleached

Flour, whole wheat

J
Jam, blackberry

smuckers

guittard Choc-au-Lait ghirardelli

Cinnamon

king arthur premium Bobs Red mill Organic

K
Ketchup

penzeys extra fancy

Vietnamese Cassia

G
garam masala

Cocoa powder
Best overall

Callebaut
Best supermarket Brand

mcCormick gourmet
Collection

Heinz Organic Hunts simply Heinz

Droste
Coconut milk

graham crackers

M
Macaroni and Cheese

Chaokoh ka-me
light

keebler Honeymaid

kraft Homestyle kraft Velveeta Original

shells

a Taste of Thai Lite

Coconut milk

H
Ham, spiral-cut

Maple syrup

Coffee, decaf

Cooks spiral sliced

maple grove farms pure

maxwell House peets

Coffee, whole bean
darker roast

Hickory smoked Bone-in Honey Ham Hickory farms Honeygold Ham

maple syrup, grade a Dark amber Highland sugarworks grade B

Mayonnaise

Hot cocoa mixes

millstone Colombian
supremo
lighter roast

godiva ghiradelli Double

Chocolate

Hellmanns Real (Best Hellmanns Light

Molasses

foods on the West Coast)

green mountain Coffee

fair Trade Our Blend

Hot sauce

Cornmeal, whole-grain

franks RedHot Original

Brer Rabbit mild plantation Barbados

Mustard, dijon

arrowhead mills Hodgson mill

Curry powder

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ice cream, chocolate

grey poupon maille

Mustard, coarse-grain

penzeys sweet

Ben & Jerrys friendlys Rich & Creamy

Classic

grey poupon Harvest grey poupon Country

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Oats, rolled
For Baking

Pasta, tortellini

Pepperoni, sliced

Barilla Three Cheese

Pasta, ravioli

margherita
Peppers, roasted red

Quaker Old-fashioned Rolled

For cooking

Rosetto Celentano
Pasta, lasagna noodles, no-boil

Dunbars sweet Cento

Pie crust

Bobs Red mill Organic

extra-Thick

Oats, steel-cut

Bobs Red mill Organic

steel-Cut

Barilla Ronzoni Defino

Pasta, lasagna noodles, whole wheat

pillsbury Just Unroll!

Potato chips

Lays kettle Cooked

Original

Olive oil, extra-virgin

Potato chips, reduced fat

Columela Lucini italia premium

select Colavita
caliFornia

Bionatur DeLallo
Pasta, penne

Cape Cod 40% Reduced

fat

Lays kettle Cooked

muellers
Pasta, spaghetti

Reduced fat extra Crunchy potato Chips

California Olive Ranch

Olive oil, pure

Preserves, raspberry

DeCecco
Pasta, spaghetti, whole wheat

smuckers
Preserves, strawberry

DaVinci 100% pure Colavita

Orange juice, freshsqueezed

Welchs
Pumpkin, canned

Bionatur Organic 100%

Whole Wheat

natalies Orchid island

Oyster Crackers

Pasta sauce

Libbys One-pie

sunshine krispy Olde Cape Cod (also sold

as Westminster Crackers)

Bertolli Tomato & Basil francesco Rinaldi pregomarinara

Pasta sauce, premium

R
Rice, arborio

P
Paprika

Victoria marinara Classico marinara

Peanut butter, crunchy

Riceselect Riso Baricella

superfino

The spice House

Hungarian sweet penzeys Hungarian sweet

Jif natural skippy natural super

Chunk peanut Butter & Co. Crunch Time no-stir

Rice, basmati

Tilda kohinoor
Rice, brown

Pasta, egg noodles

Light n fluffy Wide

Pasta, elbow macaroni

Peanut butter, creamy

goya natural Long grain

Rice, long-grain white

Barilla muellers
Pasta, farfalle

skippy Jif natural peanut Butter

spread Reeses

Lundberg Organic Carolina enriched Canilla extra-Long-grain

Peppercorns, black

muellers Bow Ties De Cecco farfalle

kalustyans indian
Tellicherry

morton & Basset Organic Zingermans Tellicherry

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Salsa, hot

Tomato Soup

progresso Vegetable
Tortilla chips

Y
yogurt, whole milk

pace Hot Chunky frontera Hot Habanero

Salt

Classics Hearty Tomato imagine Organic

Brown Cow Cream Top

plain

maldon sea salt fleur de sel de Camargue morton Coarse kosher

Sausage, breakfast, patties

santitas Tostitos green mountain gringo

Tuna, in olive oil

stonyfield farm Organic

yogurt, greek, nonfat

Olympus Voskos
yogurt, greek, low fat

Tonnino Tuna Ventresca

Yellowfin

Jimmy Dean, fully Cooked Jones Dairy farm, fully

Cooked

Tuna, in water

fage Total 2% Chobani 2%

yogurt, greek, full fat

Sausage, breakfast, links

Wild planet Wild albacore american Tuna pole

farmland pork, fully

cooked

Caught Wild albacore starkist selects solid White albacore

Olympus greek gods fage Total

yogurt, low fat, strawberry

Soy sauce

Turkey, whole

Lee kum kee Ohsawa nama shoyu

empire kosher Bell & evans all-natural Butterball premium

prebasted

Dannon Wallaby Organic Creamy

australian style

T
Tea, black
plain

V
Vanilla extract

Twinings english Breakfast

with milk

mcCormick pure Vanilla

extract extract

Tazo awake
Tea, green

Rodelle pure Vanilla

Vegetable oil

Celestial seasonings
authentic

Twinings green Tea

Tomatoes, canned crushed

Crisco natural Blend Crisco Canola

Vinegar, apple cider

Tuttorosso muir glen Organic

Tomatoes, canned diced

maille spectrum naturals

Vinegar, balsamic

Organic, Unfiltered

Hunts muir glen Organic

Tomatoes, canned pureed

muir glen
Tomatoes, canned whole

Lucini gran Riserva monari federzoni Ortalli

Vinegar, red wine

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muir glen Hunts

Tomato paste

Laurent du Clos pompeian

Vinegar, white wine
For cooking

goya pastene Contadina

Colavita aged
For vinaigrettes

spectrum naturals