Different kinds of foods.

Joachim Beuckelaer, 1560-1565

A mixture of tree beans and ginger lily shoots, served for dinner.

Food is what people, plants and animals eat to live. Every organism needs energy to carry on with the process of living which comes from food. Food usually comes from animals and plants. It is eaten by living things to provide energy and nutrition. Food contains the nutrition that people and animals need to be healthy. The consumption of food is normally enjoyable to humans.