Food groups - an overview

Having first defined the term food in previous articles and differentiated the German term "Lebensmittel" from the often synonymously used term "Nahrungsmittel", we will now give a rough overview of the various food groups and subgroups.

Of course, we cannot provide a complete overview of all original and novel foods, but list below the groups relevant to our search for traditional methods of primary production:

1. Water
2. Plant foods
   1. Cereals
   2. Pulses
   3. Vegetables
   4. Fruit
   5. Luxury foods
   6. Spices
3.  Animal foodstuffs
   1. Meat & poultry
   2. Fish & seafood
   3. Insects
   4. Honey, milk & eggs

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In the following articles, we will go into more detail about the respective groups and subgroups. We start with the basis of all life on earth, water:

• Water