As a result, in the past year some food packagers have begun calling attention to the fiber content of their products.

Some food packagers use organoleptic evaluations.

His career with the food packager, identified nationally with its Green Giant line of products, began in 1946.

Some farmers like the Grovatts sell to brokers who represent supermarkets; other produce goes to canners and frozen food packagers.

Yet current Food and Drug Administration regulations only require food packagers to list the various oils that might be used in processing, but not to specify which one.

Increasingly, food packagers are introducing "anytime" food products.

She speaks for the American farmer more often than food packagers.

"Tabasco sauce seems to be the soldier's favorite because it adds a little spice," said Margaret W. Namie, a spokesman of Cinpac Inc., one of several food packagers of the meals.

But consumers seeking to follow that advice are hampered by the failure of food packagers to list fiber contents.

Duncan Hines licensed his name to Roy Park, perhaps the most successful food packager of all time.