DICTIONARY OF FOOD COMODITY

FRUIT CATEGORY

ALPHABET FRUITS CLASSIFICATION DESCRIBE DISH PICTURE

A Apricot Stone Fruit Source of Vitamin C, Source of potassium, Apricot Pie
Source of fibre, Sodium-free , and Fat-free

B Breadfruit Tropical Fruit Source of magnesium, vitamin B1, and Steam Breadfruit
high vitamin C

C Cantaloupe Tropical Fruit Verry high vitamin C Salad

D Date Fruit Berry Fruit Plump, evenly coloured specimens. All Date Bars
dates have a single long seed. The fruit
should not look dry or withered and no
crystals should appear on the exterior of
the date.
E Elderberries Berry Fruit Firm berries with a deep colour. Avoid Syrup
decaying, mushy or bruised fruits

F Figs Tropical Fruit Soft and smell sweet. Remember to Figs cake
handle them carefully – their fragile skins
bruise easily.

G Grapefruit Citrus Fruit Firm, well shaped fruit that is heavy for its Salad
size.

H Heneydew Tropical Fruit Heavy, evenly ripe but not soft, melon Honeydew Juice
with cream colour rind and sweet
fragrance.

J Jackfruit Tropical Fruit Fruits that range in colour from green to Fried Jackfruit
yellow. It should have yellow flesh and a
noticeable fragrance.
K Kumquat Citrus Fruit Select firm kumquats that have glossy Kumquat Marmalade
rinds without cracks or blemishes. Soft
fruits can spoil rapidly

L Lemon Citrus Fruit Bright, yellow, smooth, firm fruit, heavy Lemon Juice
for size.

M Manggo Tropical Fruit Plump fruit without green background Fruit Flan
colour that yields to gentle pressure.
Avoid soft, brusied or shrivelled fruit.

N Nectarine Stone Fruit Fruit with a red on orange-yellow (not Nectarine Jam
green) background. Ripe fruit yields to
gentle pressure.

O Orange Citrus Fruit Firm fruit, heavy for size with smooth skin, Juice Orange
free of soft spots.
P Passion Fruit Stone Fruit Dark purple, pink or yellow green egg Passion Fruit Puding Cake
shaped fruit. Shriveled fruit is ripe and
ready to eat.

Q Quince Hard Fruit Large, firm and yellow fruit with little or Pie Quince
no green.

R Raspberries Berry Fruit Firm well shaped, plump berries.

S Soursop Stone Fruit Heart-shaped fruits with firm and green

leathery skin.

T Tangerine Citrus Fruit Firm, heavy fruit with glossy orange skin.

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W Watermelon Tropical Fruit A firm symmetrical melon with fully

rounded sides and a yellowish underside.
If cut, select a melon with bright red flesh.

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VEGETABLE CATEGORY

ALPHABET VEGETABLE CLASSIFICATION DESCRIBE DISH PICTURE

A Asparagus Stem/shoot Asparagus is green colored vegetable, Cheesy Garlic Roasted
only young asparagus shoots are Asparagus
commonly eaten because once the buds
start to open ("ferning out"), the shoots
quickly turn woody. Water makes up 93%
of asparagus's composition. Asparagus is
low in calories and is very low in sodium.

B Broccoli Flower Broccoli is green colored vegetable, Chicken and Broccoli

broccoli is an edible green plant in the Stir-Fry
cabbage family whose large flowering
head is eaten as a vegetable.

C Carrot Root Carrot is orange colored vegetable and Saute Baby Carrot
has A vitamin that is good for humand eye
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E Eggplant Fruit Eggplant is glossy purple colored Roasted Eggplant

vegetable, egg-shaped, and has spongy
texture.

G Green Beans Legumes Green beans are delicious vegetable with Saute Green Beans
crunchy texture and fine flavour

K Kidney Beans Legumes Kidney Beans are reddish-brown Kidney Beand Salad
kidney-shaped pulses with a soft and
creamy flesh that are available dried or
canned. Kidney beans nutrition can help
fight cancer, diabetes, heart disease and
obesity.
L Lettuce Leaf Lettuce is an annual plant of the daisy Most often used for
family, Asteraceae. It is most often grown salad body
as a leaf vegetable.

M Mustard Green Leaf Peppery, crispy mustard greens, also Spicy Sour Mustard
known as leaf mustards, are indeed one of Green
the most nutritious green leafy vegetables
available around in the winter months. Its
lovely top greens, indeed, possess more
vitamin-A, K, carotenes, and flavonoid
antioxidants than some of the typical
fruits and vegetables.

O Oyster Mushroom The oyster mushroom is one of the more Fried Oyster Mushroom
Mushroom commonly sought wild mushrooms. The
mushroom has a broad, fan or
oyster-shaped cap

P Potato Bulb Potato is round-shaped with brown color. Baked potato

Potato contain carbohydrates, usualy for
substitute rice

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R Radish Root The Red radish is grown mainly for its Roasted Radish
root. Red radishes contain vitamin C,
folate, fiber and potassium.

S Spinach Leave Spinach is a leafy green producing Sauted Spinach

succulent, dark green, spoon-shaped
leaves. An excellent source of
antioxidants, Spinach has four times the
beta carotene of broccoli.

T Tomato Fruit Red colour, round-shape. Contain A Sauce Tomato

vitamin

W Watercress Leaf Green colored, leaf vegetable, contain Salad

sulfur, nitrogen, and yodium

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Z Zucchini Fruit Green or yellow colored, fruit vegetable, Parmesan Zucchini

long-shape