Progresso Light Italian-Style Meatball canned soup has at least 33% fewer calories per serving than regular ready-to-serve soups*. This tasty soup includes meatballs made from pork and turkey, penne pasta, celery, and carrots in a rich, savory broth. Even better? You can enjoy the entire canned soup at 170 calories with a half cup of vegetables per can. This microwavable soup can be ready to eat in minutes. Enjoy Progresso Italian-Style Meatball soup with no colors from artificial sources. Just the taste you expect from Progresso. *Progresso light 80 calories, 2g fat per serving. Leading meatball, pasta and vegetable ready-to-serve soups: 120 calories, 3g fat. At Progresso, we’re passionate about making great products. We've been creating premium soups for more than 100 years. And today, Progresso still uses quality ingredients for a tasteful flavor found only in our line of canned soup products.
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BUYERS INFO / RESOURCES
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Food Dates Explained for Our buyers.
This information comes from the USDA (Food Safety and Inspection
Service) website.
Does Federal Law Require Food Product Dating?
Except
for infant formula, product dating is not required by Federal regulations.[1]
Are Dates for Food
Safety or Food Quality?
Manufacturers provide
dating to help consumers and retailers decide when food is of best quality.
Except for infant formula, dates are not an indicator of the product’s safety
and are not required by Federal law.
What Date-Labeling
Phrases are Used?
There are no uniform or
universally accepted descriptions used on food labels for open dating in the
United States. As a result, there are a wide variety of phrases used on
labels to describe quality dates.
Examples
of commonly used phrases:
· "Best if
Used By/Before" date indicates when a product will be
of best flavor or quality. It is not a purchase or safety date.
· "Sell-By" date
tells the store how long to display the product for sale for inventory
management. It is not a safety date.
· “Use-By" date
is the last date recommended for the use of the product while at peak quality.
It is not a safety date except for when used on infant formula as described
below.
· “Freeze-By” date
indicates when a product should be frozen to maintain peak quality. It is not a
purchase or safety date.
What Date-Labeling Phrase Does FSIS Recommend?
USDA estimates that 30 percent
of the food supply is lost or wasted at the retail and consumer
levels.[3] One source of food waste arises from consumers or retailers
throwing away wholesome food because of confusion about the meaning of dates
displayed on the label. To reduce consumer confusion and wasted food, FSIS
recommends that food manufacturers and retailers that apply product dating use
a “Best if Used By” date. Research shows that this phrase conveys to consumers
that the product will be of best quality if used by the calendar date shown.
Foods not exhibiting signs of spoilage should be wholesome and may be sold,
purchased, donated and consumed beyond the labeled "Best if Used By"
date.
If you’d like to check on any
product recalled go to:
fsis.usda.gov/recalls
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