Vegetable Cost Metrics Show That Potatoes and Beans Provide Most Nutrients Per Penny

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Drewnowski, Adam ^a   Rehm, Colin D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASCORBIC ACID; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; RETINOL; VITAMIN K GROUP;

ARTICLE; BEAN; CANNED FOOD; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD NUTRITION; COST; DIETARY FIBER; ENERGY DENSITY; FOOD FREEZING; FOOD PREFERENCE; FOOD PRICE; HUMAN; NUTRIENT DENSITY; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; POTATO; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

FABACEAE; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 84877728668     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063277     Document Type: Article

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