Food group

Grains, the largest food group in many nutrition guides, includes oats, barley and bread. Cookies, however, are categorized as sugars.
Vegetables, the second largest food group in many nutrition guides, come in a wide variety of shapes, colors and sizes.

A food group is a collection of foods that share similar nutritional properties or biological classifications. Nutrition guides typically divide foods into food groups and recommend daily servings of each group for a healthy diet. In the United States for instance, USDA has described food as being in from 4 to 11 different groups.[1]

The Most Common food groups

Uncommon food groups

The number of "common" food groups varies depending on who is defining them. Canada's Food Guide, which has been in continual publication since 1942 and is the second most requested government document (after the income tax form) in Canada, recognizes only four official food groups, listing the remainder of foods as "another." Some of these "others" include:

See also

References

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  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "USDA's MyPlate". United States Department of Agriculture. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  5. http://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/healthy-eating-plate-questions/
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