All About Food: Types and Components

Food

Any substances that is consumed to provide nutritional support for an organism.

Vegetable

Fruits

Grains, legumes, nuts, and seeds

Meat and Poultry

Fish and Seafood

Dairy goods

Eggs

7 categories of food

Plant Based

one of the healthiest diet that is composed of grains, beans, peas, nutsm and rice.

Grains

Pulses

Fruits

Melons and Squashes

Vegetables

Tubers

Nuts

Fungi

Oilseeds

Seaweed

10 categories of plant foods

Grains

Wheat, rice, oats, cornmeal, and barley

Pulses

Beans, lentils, and peas

Tropical

Sub-tropical

Deciduous

Stone

Berries

5 categories of fruits

Tropical fruits

banana, mango, papaya, piya, avocado

Sub-tropical fruits

citrus, olives, figs

Deciduous fruits

apple, grapes, pear

Stone fruits

peach, cherry, apricot

Berries

strawberry, blueberry

Melon and Squashes

cantaloupe, watermelon, squash

Leaf and Stems

Roots

Seeds

Flowers

Fruits

5 categories of vegetables

Leaf and Stems

cabbage, pechay, celery, lettuce

Roots

carrots and raddish

Seeds

green peas, mongo, beans

Flowers

cauliflower, banana blossom, broccoli, squash

Tubers

potatoes, cassava, yam

Nuts

cashew, almond, peanut

Fungi

mushroom

Oilseeds

coconut, palm, olive, sesame

Seaweed

agar, lato, carrageenan

Animal products

meat, egg, meat products, fish, shellfish, dairy products