Core eudicots Clade of eudicots Food, Plant source foods, Plants (Plantae), Flowering plats (angiospermae), Mesangiosperms, Eudicots Consumption area(s): Earth Note: For better understanding, please read the article on flowering plants (angiospermae) first. If you come across unfamiliar words, you can click on any highlighted term to open the glossary with definitions of key botanical terms. […]
Eudicots Clade of mesangiospermae Food, Plant source foods, Plants (Plantae), Flowering plats (angiospermae), Mesangiosperms Consumption area(s): Earth Note: For better understanding, please read the article on flowering plants (angiospermae) first. If you come across unfamiliar words, you can click on any highlighted term to open the glossary with definitions of key botanical terms. Indroduction Eudicots
Mesangiosperms (Mesangiospermae) Clade of flowering plants (angiospermae) Food, Plant source foods, Plants (Plantae), Flowering plats (angiospermae) Consumption area(s): Earth Note: For better understanding, please read the article on flowering plants (angiospermae) first. If you come across unfamiliar words, you can click on any highlighted term to open the glossary with definitions of key botanical terms.
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Flowering plants (or Angiospermae, Magnoliophyta) Phylum of plants (Plantae) Food, Plant source foods, Plants (Plantae) Consumption area(s): Earth Introduction Plants that produce fruits belong to a group known as angiosperms (or flowering plants), a name that traces back to Greek roots meaning “seed enclosed in a container.” This reflects a defining trait: their seeds develop
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Plant source foods Food Consumption area(s): Earth Introduction This page focuses on plant source foods, covering both edible plants in their original form and the various foods derived from them. Edible plants Edible plants can be classified according to the part of the plant that is eaten. This approach helps us understand the diversity of
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Other items Food Consumption area(s): Earth Introducion Within the food system, there exists a group of foods that do not neatly fall into the primary categories of algal-based, plant source, animal source, multicellular fungal source, or composite foods. These are diverse substances and ingredients that, while commonly used in food preparation and processing, do not
Culinary bases Food Consumption area(s): Earth Introduction Culinary bases are preparations created by the combination and transformation of multiple ingredients, where no single element solely defines the final result. These are not industrial products or straightforward single-ingredient conversions—such as wine from grapes or chocolate from cocoa—but rather reproducible recipes formed through the application of culinary
Animal source foods Food Consumption area(s): Earth Introducion Animal source foods include all edible items obtained directly from the bodies or secretions of animals. These range from familiar products such as meat, eggs, milk, and honey to less common ones like blood and isinglass, a substance used in food processing. The category also covers processed
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Food Consumption area(s): Earth Introduction Food is defined as any substance or combination of substances, in any physical state, intended for human consumption—whether raw, semi-processed, or fully prepared. This definition also includes any substance intentionally added during the food production process. Nutrition is the process by which an organism obtains the substances essential for sustaining
