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What is your favourite food item? Is it idli sambhar, Pizza or
burger? Various substances make your food tasty These
substances that are used in making a food item are known as its
ingredients Do you know where the ingredients of your favourite
food items come from? These food ingredients can be obtained from
varied sources
Based on the source, food items can be classified as
plant products and animal products
Have you ever made onion raita at home? Do you know,
what are the ingredients used in making onion raita? The given
table shows the ingredients of onion raita
Try to complete this table by naming the sources of
these ingredients

Ingredient

Source

Curd

Onion

Salt

Pepper

While doing this activity, you might have noticed
that some ingredients are obtained from plants while the other are
obtained from animals Ingredients obtained from different sources
go into the making of a particular dish
Let us have a look at some examples of plant and
animal products through these videos:

Now, let us learn about some other food items and
their sources

Ghee and butter are made from milk Milk is obtained from
animals such as cows, buffaloes, goats etc

Garlic, pepper etc are obtained from their respective plants

Oil is something which we get both from animals and plants
Mustard oil is obtained from the seeds of mustard plant Similarly,
groundnut oil is obtained from groundnuts

Salt is obtained from sea water

Did you know
We get oil from animal sources as well Can you
name some?
Cod liver oil, whale oil etc are some oils obtained from animal
sources Cod liver oil is obtained from the liver of fishes These
oils are high in vitamins; hence they are used as dietary
supplements

Complete the following table by listing the
sources (plant or animal) of the given ingredients

Ingredient

Source

Cheese

Rice

Butter

Dal

Chicken

Milk

Do you know who vegetarians are? People who do not consume flesh
in the form of meat, chicken, fish etc and rely only on plant
products are called pure vegetarians However, people who consume
animal products such as meat, eggs, chicken etc are called
non-vegetarians

Some Interesting Facts:

Do you know who vegans are? Vegans are pure vegetarians who do
not consume any animal product These people exclude all animal
products from their lifestyle that contain animal fats such as
wool, soap etc

Honey is the only food that does not spoil Honey found in the
tombs of Egyptian pharaohs has been tasted by archaeologists and
found edible

The rearing of honeybees for commercial production of honey is
called apiculture

Now perform the given activity to know your
understanding of this lesson