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Food is material, usually of animal or plant origin, consumed by living things to provide energy and nutrition. Liquids used for this purpose are often called drink, but the term food applies to them as well. In English, the term is sometimes used metaphorically, as in food for thought.

Basic foods:

Here are some of the basic foods consumed by humans. Food for humans is mostly produced through farming or gardening, and includes animal and vegetable sources. Many people forgo food from animal sources to varying degrees; see vegetarianism and veganism.

• From animal sources:
  • Meat, including Pork, Poultry, Beef, and several other kinds
  • Fish
  • Insects
  • Poultry
  • Seafood
  • Honey
  • Eggs
  • Dairy products
• From plant sources:
  • Fruit
  • Seeds
  • Legumes (Beans, peas, lentils, etc.)
  • Vegetables
  • Cereal grains
  • Herb
  • Spices
  • Nuts
• Food additives

Types of food:

• Beverage
• Bread
• Cheese
• Cracker (biscuit)
• Dessert
• French fries
• Ice cream
• Pasta
• Pizza
• Salad
• Sauce
• Sausage
• Snack food: Confectionery, Potato chips
• Soup

Meals:

• Breakfast
• Brunch
• Lunch
• High tea
• Dinner
• Supper
• Dessert

Food production or acquisition:

• Agriculture (including farming and horticulture)
• Gardening
• Slow food
• local food
• Aquaculture (including mariculture)
• Hunting
• Fishing

Food handling and preparation:

• Food preservation
• Cooking
• Cuisine
• Wikipedia Cookbook

Nutrients in food

• Protein
• Carbohydrate
• Fat
• Vitamins
• Minerals
• Phytochemicals, eg anti-oxidants, enzymes, bio-flavinoids etc.
• Knowledge about the nutritional components, and the interactions of these components in an ideal diet is an expanding area of knowledge (see nutrition).

Eating and cooking utensils

• Knife
• Fork
• Spoon
• Chopsticks
• spork
• foodwraps e.g. tortillas, chapatis, etc.
• pan
• pot
• casserole
• Dutch oven
• pressure cooker
• plate
• crockery
• glassware

Special substances and objects that are (sometimes) consumed

• Blood (see vampire)
• Roman Catholic host

See also:

• Meal
• Metabolism
• Nutrition
• Flavoring
• Timeline of agriculture and food technology
• Takeru Kobayashi
• Restaurant
• Staple food

See: Geography and foods,

Food for animals

Metals as food

• Several of the nutrients required by humans are metals, such as iron, potassium, calcium, sodium.
• Some microbes live on metals. See Rusticle.

Other links

• List of food topics
• Bushmeat
• Genetically modified food
• Food faddism

External links

• Patto's Gourmet Dictionary: english, français, deutsch, italiano, español, nihongo.
• Food Directory
• Food Info Net: A leading internet portal for the global food industry.

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