Definition
Item 1. Fresh Fruits - Report under this Item the average weekly consumption on any fresh or unprocessed fruit consumed by the family such as banana, papaya, pineapple, santol, tamarind, mango, melon, avocado, durian, mangosteen, citrus fruits such as calamansi, dalandan, orange, etc. Note that fruits like papaya, tamarind, jackfruit, and others, whether ripe or green should be included here.
Take note that most fruits are highly seasonal like lanzones, siniguelas, duhat, etc. Hence, ascertain from the respondent whether they consumed any of these fruits during the reference semester and try to get an estimate of their average weekly consumption.
Despite of the hard times, some families can still avail themselves of the expensive fruits sold in the market. Still others have relatives in other provinces/abroad who regularly send them fruits. In such cases, the value reported may be unusually high. If there are cases like these, write in the “Remarks” space some explanations.
Item 2. Fresh Vegetables - This includes the average weekly expenditures for unprocessed vegetables consumed by the family.
Leafy vegetables- - Examples are pechay, gabi leaves, camote tops, kangkong, cabbage, malunggay, ampalaya leaves, squash leaves, etc.
Fruit vegetables - Covers fruit-bearing vegetable crops such as upo, ampalaya, chayote, cucumber, eggplant, tomato, squash, etc.
Green/Dry Beans and Other Legumes - Baguio beans/ habichuelas, sitsaro, mongo, sigarillas, string beans, togue, etc.
Other Vegetables - Includes carrots, onions, and other such as katuray, radish, broccoli, banana blossom, cauliflower and other flowers used or eaten as vegetables.
Item 3. Other Crops - Covers other edible crops not covered above such as peanuts, young and matured coconut, “ubod”, pili nut and other nuts, cashew, macapuno, bamboo shoots (labong), etc.
Item 4. Fruit Preparations - Includes all processed fruits, fruit preparations, whether canned or uncanned, packed or unpacked, such as fruit jams/jellies, fruit preserves like pineapples, peaches, pickled fruits, dried mangoes, sweet tamarind, fruit cocktails, marmalades, banana cue, nata de pina, etc.
(Note: If the family cooked banana cue, the expenditure should be entered in Item (1) Fresh Fruits).
Item5. Vegetable Preparations - Includes all processed vegetables and vegetable preparations, whether canned or uncanned, packed or unpacked, like canned pea, pickled vegetables, mustasang buro, taho, tausi, tokwa and other bean products, pork and beans, ready-mixed packages, etc.
Item 6. Other Preparations - Includes other preparations like sweetened macapuno, nata de coco, sweetened kaong, peanut brittle, peanut butter, instant “gata” in sachets, coffeesoy, etc.
