changes in nutritional quality of food product offerings and purchases a case study the mid 1990 s by eliza m mojduszka julie caswell dennis b west j michael harris rural economics division economic research service us department agriculture technical bulletin no 1880 abstract this report provides new approach methodology for analyzing change manufacturers products purchased using five categories two approaches were used to analyze first uses composite index measure second nutrient analysis was also overall nutrition showed significant average offered sale keywords labeling acknowledgments we thank mark denbaly noel blisard steven martinez jay variyam carol cramer leblanc joann guthrie elizabeth fraz o reviewing manuscript offering many helpful comments suggestions washington dc 20036 5831 december 1999 contents list tables iii summary iv