Good Tips for Buying Canned Fruit "Buy canned fruits according to grade if possible." If there is one thing about this almanac is that they really like to talk about canned food. We discussed canned vegetables here. Which by the way, the deadline to submit your grievances to the USDA is coming up next month. We discussed canned and frozen vegetables here. We talked about can sizes here. And I got so tired of writing about canned foods that I wrote about something else here! So here we go again. Another post about cans. The higher the grade, the better quality in size, shape, and color. It doesn't have anything to do with the nutritional value. So all the labels of fancy just mean that it is or was more appealing looking. So don't fall for the entire Grade A and Fancy labeling. It's all just a marking tactic. These guidelines were developed by the USDA. For good reason too! You wouldn't want spoil...