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Food (/food/food)

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Type Definition

A food is any edible substance with nutritional value, usually comprised primarily of carbohydrates, fats, water and/or proteins, that can be eaten or drunk by humans for nutrition and/or pleasure.

Identity Criterion

Things that are food

• basic foodstuff and raw ingredients like pasta, [sugar] (https://www.freebase.com/m/06x4c), flour, rice
• meat products such as [pork belly] (https://www.freebase.com/m/058ksc) or [chicken meat] (https://www.freebase.com/m/0f25w9)
• edible nuts and seeds like [pine nuts] (https://www.freebase.com/m/01vg5z) or almonds
• spices and spice mixes such as [table salt] (https://www.freebase.com/m/05g0_z), black pepper, cinnamon, [curry powder] (https://www.freebase.com/m/01vsvd)
• edible plants, fruit and vegetables after harvesting like [apple] (https://www.freebase.com/m/014j1m), [orange] (https://www.freebase.com/m/0cyhj_), carrot root or nettle leaves.
  • Note that only the edible parts should be typed as food. Use /biology/organism_classification for the plant topic and link it to the edible part topic via /biology/organism_part
• processed foods like [margarine] (https://www.freebase.com/m/01bfqc) or [toaster pastries] (https://www.freebase.com/m/0408vj)
• edible consumer products such as [Kellogg's Pop-Tarts Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Toaster Pastries] (https://www.freebase.com/m/0rgjcm9) or [Nabisco Snackwell's Fat Free Devil's Food Cookie Cakes] (https://www.freebase.com/m/0rfyl0s)
  • co-type with /business/consumer_product
• food product lines like [Patties pie] (https://www.freebase.com/m/0bd2cc) or [Nando's Perinaise] (https://www.freebase.com/m/064bndd)
  • co-type with /business/product_line
• all kinds of food dishes including but not limited to meals, salads, soups, sauces, pastries and desserts like Bolognese sauce, [Beef Wellington] (https://www.freebase.com/m/02p4kj0), Caesar salad or [chocolate cake] (https://www.freebase.com/m/079dl7)
• restaurant dishes like [McDonald's Chicken McNuggets] (https://www.freebase.com/m/03yq53) or [Taco Bell Bean Burrito] (https://www.freebase.com/m/0rh592c)
• beverages such as cola, [Piña colada] (https://www.freebase.com/m/0684y) or coffee
• chewing gum like [Bazooka Bubble Gum] (https://www.freebase.com/m/0cqztrs) (excluding nicotine gums)

Things that are not food

• commercial food brands like Pop-tarts, Coca-Cola, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter or Bazooka
  • use /business/brand
• animal feed and fodder like [hay] (https://www.freebase.com/m/0cl63) or [silage] (https://www.freebase.com/m/01knyw)
• pet foods like Whiskas with Vita-bites Dry Cat Food 400g
  • use /business/consumer_product
• live animals (that are not meant to be consumed while alive) like [cattle] (https://www.freebase.com/m/01xq0k1) or [sheep] (https://www.freebase.com/m/07bgp)
  • use /biology/organism_classification
• plants prior to harvesting like apple tree or [orange tree] (https://www.freebase.com/m/0k6dk9b)
  • use /biology/organism_classification
• medicinal products like [macrolide antibiotic] (https://www.freebase.com/m/04khrx_) or [Roxithromycin] (https://www.freebase.com/m/035m16)
  • use medical/treatment or /medicine/drug as appropriate
• cosmetics like [moisturizer] (https://www.freebase.com/m/04k9pm)
  • use /medicine/medical_treatment (when appropriate)
• tobacco and tobacco products
  • use /business/consumer_product
• nicotine gums like Nicotine 2 chewing gum
  • use /medicine/drug_formulation
• narcotics like [morphine] (https://www.freebase.com/m/055pr) or psychoactive drugs like [lysergic acid diethylamide] (https://www.freebase.com/m/04g9r)
  • use /medicine/drug