75 % Of The World's Food Comes Just 12 Plants & 5 Species

 

About 75% of the world's food comes from just 12 plants and 5 animal species

12 Plants Food -

1.Sugar –Sugar is the generic name for sweet-tasting, soluble carbohydrates, many of which are used in food. Table sugar, granulated sugar, or regular sugar, refers to sucrose, a disaccharide composed of glucose and fructose. According to the report Sugar is highest consumed food about 1800377642 metric tons

2.Maize –Maize also known as corn  is a cereal grain first domesticated by indigenous peoples in southern Mexico about 10,000 years ago. it consumed around 885289935 metric tons

3.Rice – Rice is the seed of the grass species . As a cereal grain, it is the most widely consumed staple food for a large part of the world's human population, especially in Asia and Africa. It is the agricultural commodity with the third-highest worldwide production ,it consumed around 740961445 metric tons

4.Wheat –Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain which is a worldwide staple food. The archaeological record suggests that wheat was first cultivated in the regions of the Fertile Crescent around 9600 BCE ,it consumed 701395334 metric tons

5.Potatoes – The potato is a root vegetable native to the Americas, a starchy tuber of the plant Solanum tuberosum, and the plant itself is a perennial in the nightshade family, Potato consumed 373158351 metric tons

6.Soya Beans –The soybean or soya bean  is a species of legume native to East Asia, widely grown for its edible bean, which has numerous uses. it consumed 2362037569 metric tons

7.Cassava- Cassava is the third-largest source of food carbohydrates in the tropics, after rice and maize. Cassava is a major staple food in the developing world, providing a basic diet for over half a billion people.it consumed -25404044 metric tons

8.Tomatoes-The tomato is the edible, often red berry of the plant Solanum lycopersicum, commonly known as a tomato plant. The species originated in western South America and Central America , it consumed -159347031 metric tons

9.Banana- The fruit is variable in size, color, and firmness, but is usually elongated and curved, with soft flesh rich in starch covered with a rind, which may be green, yellow, red, purple, or brown when ripe. The fruits grow in clusters hanging from the top of the plant. Almost all modern edible seedless (parthenocarp) bananas come from two wild species it consumed -107142187 metric tons

10.Onions-Onions are cultivated and used around the world. As a food item, they are usually served cooked, as a vegetable or part of a prepared savoury dish, but can also be eaten raw or used to make pickles or chutneys. They are pungent when chopped and contain certain chemical substances which irritate the eyes.it consumed- 86343822 metric tons

11.Apples- Apple trees are large if grown from seed. Generally, apple cultivars are propagated by grafting onto rootstocks, which control the size of the resulting tree. There are more than 7,500 known cultivars of apples, resulting in a range of desired characteristics. Different cultivars are bred for various tastes and use, including cooking, eating raw and cider production. It consumed-75484671 metric tons

12.Grapes- Grapes can be eaten fresh as table grapes or they can be used for making wine, jam, grape juice, jelly, grape seed extract, raisins, vinegar, and grape seed oil. Grapes are a non-climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters. It consumed-69093293 metric tons

 5 Animal Food-

1.       1. Beef & Milk – Beef is the culinary name for meat from cattle, particularly skeletal muscle. Humans have been eating beef since prehistoric times.^[1] Beef is a source of protein and nutrients ,It consume 725123869 metric tons

2.       2. Chicken & Egg – The chicken  is a type of domesticated fowl, a subspecies of the red junglefowl .Chickens are one of the most common and widespread domestic animals, with a total population of 23.7 billion as of 2018  ,It consumed 155183059 metric tons

3.       3. Pork – Pork is not only the most popular meat in the Western world and in Central Europe, it is also very popular in the Eastern and non-Muslim parts of India, Southeastern Asia  ,It consumed 118168709 metric tons

4.       4. Goat Milk & Meat – Goat meat or goat's meat is the meat of the domestic goat .The common name for goat meat is simply "goat", though meat from adult goats is referred to as chevon,In South Asian and Caribbean cuisine, mutton commonly means goat meat  ,It consumed 20000000 metric tons

5.       5. Sheep – Sheep are most likely descended from the wild mouflon of Europe and Asia; one of the earliest animals to be domesticated for agricultural purposes, sheep are raised for fleeces, meat (lamb, hogget or mutton) and milk. , It consumed 8229068 metric tons