Grocery Lab

The first step to good nutrition is making smart decisions when shopping for groceries. At the Colorado Center for Health and Wellness you can redefine the way you shop and consequently the way you eat.

The grocery lab at the Anschutz Wellness Building is a mock grocery story where visitors can learn how to make well-informed decisions about the food they purchase. Learn how to create smart grocery lists, read nutrition labels – and how not to gravitate toward the food that just tastes good, but gravitate towards the food that tastes good and also has good nutrition.

How do shoppers behave when they’re in the grocery store looking to choose healthy products for themselves and their families? Our grocery lab will serve not only as a tool for our nutrition professionals to teach individuals the approaches and strategies to make shopping for groceries a healthy and cost-effective experience, but also as a site for a multitude of scientific studies regarding grocery store behavior and purchasing habits.

In the News

ABC7 News: 7 NEWS Puts Nutritional Value Grocery Scores to the Test (Oct. 2, 2011)

Nutritionist Kim Gorman, weight management program director, works with the news station to test the new “food scoring” system King Soopers has put into place to make buying and eating healthy easier. After walking the aisles, comparing NuVal scores to the nutritional label, Gorman found a lot to like, but still cautions shoppers.

(excerpt) “For the average person who isn’t using food labels, I think it’s a great way to gauge how well you’re doing,” said Gorman. “For the person who’s using food labels and they’re following certain parts of their diet, not so much because they’ll get into, ‘Why is this one better than that one,’ and it may aggravate a little bit of confusion.”