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Supermarket survey Essay In my supermarket survey I am going to see what vegetarian products are already available on the market. Supermarket survey is important because it shows what types of products are already on the market. It also shows me the nutritional value of all the various products; I can then see what is good and what is bad. With a supermarket survey I can also see the prices of various products and then I can identify a range and an average. To find information I went to three major supermarkets; Sainsburys, Tesco and Waitrose. I thought it would be better for me to actually visit the supermarket rather than find out information online. This is so because the information on the internet may not be as accurate and reliable as information on the actual packaging. I chose products suited to my target group (lacto-ovo-vegetarians). Name of product Cost Portion Size Additives Packaging Nutritional Information. Inner Plastic. Bright Energy 543 kJ/130 kcal. Protein 4. 00 g. 9 Feta and Caramelised Onions Pizzeria Waitrose mono- and diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Outer: Carton Inner: Aluminium Base Disc. Vibrant and bright. Energy 1088 kJ 260 kcal. Protein   PB Mushroom Risotto i 1. 99 400g xanthan gum Outer: Carton Inner: Plastic (PET) Bright Energy 11 Quorn Cottage Pie i 2. 49 500g Sodium Metabisulphite. Outer: Cardboard sleeve. Inner: Plastic Bright. Energy 247 kJ 59 kcal Protein 2. 5g 12 Cheese Onion Quiche Waitrose i None Outer: Carton Inner: Foil. Colourful Energy 1l. Protein 8. 1g 13 Vegetable Curry Waitrose iNone Outer: cardboard sleeve Inner: Plastic (PET) Bright Energy 4 kcal Protein   Quorn Dippers i None Outer Cardboard Inner: Plastic bag Energy 661 kJ 158 kcal Protein Goodlife Nut Cutlets i 1. 69 350g None Board Energy 1339 kJ 322 kcal Protein 9. 1 g Supermarket Survey Results. All the products were priced less than i 4. 00 making them reasonably priced and affordable. The cheapest vegetarian product was priced at i 0. 95 and the most expensive was priced at i 3. 79. It was clear to see that the product near the upper end had a greater portion size and were packaged in re-usable plastic container. The weight of each individual product was roughly the same; the average was around 310g, which I feel is a suitable portion size. What was evident was the fact that the products contained very little protein an average of about 7g. I must make sure my prototypes contain lots of protein.   The vegetarian products which were more expensive, seemed to contain more calories, this is mainly due to the fact richer ingredients were used in the more expensive products.   Most of the products didnt contain additives, however the products that did were on the top end of the price range. This is because additives are expensive.   The packaging of the products were rather diverse from each other, products which were most expensive had far more attractive and appealing than less expensive products. Inexpensive products only used one material for packaging (e. g. board). What were similar were that all the products, except 1, used board as the exterior packaging. Products which were microwavable used the plastic (PET).   All the products had labelling saying the product was suitable for vegetarians and expensive products had logos. Show preview only The above preview is unformatted text This student written piece of work is one of many that can be found in our GCSE Electricity and Magnetism section.