Any substance that gives nutritive value is called food . Food origin from plants and animals . Both plants and animals contains nutrition such as vitamin , carbohydrates , fats , proteins , minerals.
Hunting and Agriculture are the two methods of gathering the food from history . People used to eat same as we eat now . But the methopds of preparation is different . In past , people used to eat food without cooking but now we eat by cooking in various methods .
Now a days many people eat the industry prepared foods . In present context , people are awared about about food nutrient , food safety and food security . Food came from plant and animals . The types of Plant are Maize , corn , rice , wheat etc . There are lots of green vegetables and fruits . Vegetables and fruits are to nutritive .
Animals are also the food source . Meat is the example of the food substance from animals . Meat comes from muscles of animals . Some animals produce milk too. We can get cheese , ghee , butter etc.
Traditionally , most of the food are obtained from agriculture . For agriculture people in past used some of the small tools but now there are heavy tools . Lots of foods are obtained from agriculture .
Cuisine differs from many cultures and traditions . All cultures and traditions have a unique cuisine and its taste differfrom every culture .Hot , cold , spicy , sweetness is the taste of cuisine that differs from culture . There are lots of cuisine such as Italian , French , American , Chinese , Thai , Indian etc.
Now a days all of the people eat the Packet food . We should be aware while eating the packed food. First of all we should check the date of the preparation of food and expire date . And then we should check the ingredients in it and nutrient quantity . If there is less nutrient quantity we should avoid it .
Food has its own taste preparation and they are sweet , sour , salty , bitter and umami .Example of sweet ,sour , salty , bitter , and umami are sugar , lemon , salt , caffeine , mushrooms respectively . Generally Umami came from Japanese word .