Canned Food Alliance (CFA) Program Overview
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News and Facts . . .
Fact Sheet: Rutgers Study Reveals that Moms Need Guidance Navigating
Mealtime
June 25, 2009
Essential Kitchen Toolkit: Back to Basic Guidelines for Preparing nutritious,
convenient meals
June 25, 2009
Press Release: Rutgers
Study Reveals a Need for Basic Kitchen Know-How
April 7, 2009
Fact Sheet: Rutgers Study Reveals the Family Food Supply Earns
Generally High Marks in Nutrition – But Knowledge of Food Prep
Fundamentals is Lacking
April 7, 2009
Press Release: Rutgers Study Segments Moms Into Four Unique Groups with
Distinct Nutritional Profiles
September 10, 2008
Press Release: Rutgers Study Finds That Moms Don’t Believe
Nutrition And Convenience Can Coexist At Mealtime
August 26, 2008
UC Davis Research: Canned Fruits and
Vegetables Stack Up Nutritionally Against Fresh and Frozen
01/18/2008
More
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Background
Beginning in 1985, North American steel producers witnessed tinplate
sales – the steel used to produce food cans – level off and,
in some cases, decline. Further, tinplate sales were predicted to
decline 3 percent per year. Given both these real and projected
declines, the steel industry concluded that the only way to grow
tinplate sales would be to target end-users – North American
canned food consumers. In 1994, the American Iron and Steel
Institute’s Steel Packaging Council defined a strategy and
implemented a program to respond to the competitive market issues facing
steel food cans. The strategy established a basic priority:
to strengthen consumer acceptance of canned food.
CFA Today
The consumer awareness program has evolved into a multi-industry
program managed under the auspices of the Canned Food Alliance
(CFA). The CFA is a partnership of the American Iron and Steel
Institute’s Steel Packaging Council, the Can Manufacturers
Institute and 13 food processors. The primary mission of the CFA
is to serve as a resource for information on the nutritional value and
contemporary appeal of canned food, more than 90 percent of which is
packaged in recyclable steel cans.
CFA Program Goals
It is the CFA’s goal to positively influence consumers’
perceptions about the nutritional value of canned food utilizing the
results of multiple university nutrition studies as the foundation of
the program. In addition, the CFA works with the U.S.
government to ensure that U.S. Agriculture policies are fair and
balanced and benefit all forms of fruit and vegetables, canned, fresh,
frozen and dried.
Research
The CFA has commissioned nutrition research with the following
universities:
- University of Illinois
- University of Massachusetts
- University of Oregon
- University of California – Davis
- Rutgers University
Results from these studies, and additional information about the
Canned Food Alliance can be found on the CFA’s website, www.mealtime.org.
Canned Food Alliance
Members
Food Processors
Bush
Brothers & Company
Del Monte
Foods
Faribault
Foods
General
Mills
Glory Foods
Hirzel Canning
Lakeside Foods,
Inc.
Lodi Canning Company (no website available)
Moody Dunbar,
Inc.
Red Gold,
Inc.
Seneca
Foods
Can Manufacturers
Ball Corporation
Can Manufacturers
Institute
Impress USA,
Inc.
Silgan
Containers
Sonoco-Phoenix
Packaging Corporation
Tinplate Producers
American Iron and Steel
Institute
ArcelorMittal
Severstal North
America, Inc.
United States Steel
Corporation
USS-POSCO
Industries
Affiliate Members
ICI Packaging
Valspar
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