Preferred term

food groups

Some examples of food groups are cereals, oils and fats, vegetables, legumes, fruits, meat and fish, milk and milk products and sugars. However foods can be grouped in a variety of ways. Common groupings are: botanical (cereals, fruits, leafy vegetables, fruit vegetables, oilseeds, roots and tubers); nutrient-based (all foods high in protein, all high-energy foods, etc.); consumption-based as customary elements of the diet (e.g. staples such as grains, roots or tubers; relishes (vegetables etc.).

URI

http://aims.fao.org/aos/agrovoc/c_59a19f86

Created 7/21/26, 10:12 AM, last modified 9/9/26, 7:53 AM