Food : Where

does it come
from?
 CONTENTS
1 Food Variety

2 Sources of Food

3 Plant and Animal Food Products

 What is Food?
Food is a source of nutrients and
energy for our body.

Different foods provide us with

different nutrients.
 Nutrients

The substances important for our

body to function properly are called
nutrients.

There are mainly five nutrients

comprising our diet.
 Food Variety
Fats
We have a large
variety of food Proteins
options on the
basis of the Vitamins Minerals
nutrients they
contain.

Carbohydrates
 I had a bowl of rice for lunch.
So, rice is the food and the
nutrients I got is
carbohydrates. But, what is it
made of called?

Radha
 Ingredients
The materials needed to prepare a
dish are called ingredients.

Now, let us answer Radha’s question...

 I had a bowl of rice for lunch.
So, rice is the food and the
nutrients I got is
carbohydrates. But, what is it
made of called?

A dish of rice is prepared by boiling

some rice in water and seasoning it
with salt.

So here, raw rice grains, water and salt

are the three ingredients for making
the bowl of rice.
 Where did the rice come
from?

Radha
 Food Sources
All our food products come either from
plants or animals.