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The embryo of a seed or kernel of grain, located at the bottom center of the kernel. The germ is the oily part of a kernel or seed from which a new plant sprouts.

A dairy product that may be produced from the milk of a variety of different animals, such as cows, goats, sheep, buffalo, camels, and other animals capable of providing milk.

A cheese made from cow's milk that is available as a soft-textured variety consisting of small spreadable curds with a high moisture content or as a semi-dry, firm textured block that has been pressed to remove the moisture and to firm the consistency.

A type of cheese made from the milk of pureed soybeans. Soymilk is made basically from pureed soybeans and water.

A product common in Asia and very popular in Japan that consists of fresh green soybeans picked while they are still young.

A type of dairy product that is produced from whole, low-fat, or nonfat milk that is fermented with bacterial cultures.

A nutritious legume that is round in shape, small in size, and very versitile as an ingredient for a variety of foods and food dishes.

One of the three main types of wheat and the hardest variety grown. The other two main types or classifications are soft wheat and hard wheat.

A speciality flour that is produced from white sweet potatoes. It is raw flour, not roasted flour and therefore, does not require cooking before use.

A type of flour milled from seeds obtained from the amaranth plant. The small, lens shaped seed or grain is light tan in color and provides a very mild tangy, somewhat peppery or nutty flavor, which may be quite noticeable if the flour is not combined with another flour when preparing baked foods.

Sometimes considered a cereal grain because it is processed and prepared in similar ways, buckwheat is actually an herb that is related to rhubarb and sorrel.

An herb that is technically not a grain, but is often used like a grain because of its abundance of grain like seeds.

A non-dairy milk substitution, made from dried soybeans that have been soaked, ground and cooked before being processed into a milky liquid.

A term customarily applied to the meat of a pig that is under a year old. The pig carcass is generally split into two sides of pork; each consisting of four primal cuts known as the shoulder, loin, leg/ham, and side/belly.

An edible dry fruit or seed covered with a hard shell that protects the kernel or meat inside. Generally, the shell is removed and discarded and only the kernel, known as the nut, inside is the item to be eaten.

A type of flour produced from grinding polished rice (the bran and germ have been removed) into a powder.

Any of a variety of alternate ingredients that can be used instead of oil or butter in the preparation of foods.

A type of milk that is unpasteurized whole milk condensed by evaporating 50 to 60 percent of the water content in the milk.

A type of cabbage with numerous buds known as florets, that form a compact cabbage-like head. Like broccoflower, this vegetable is actually a flower that grows a single stalk or stem which sprouts a bud covered by green leaves.

The embryo of a seed or kernel of wheat, located at the bottom center of the kernel next to the stalk.