Cereal Grains and Pasta
Pasta and cereal grains provide an important foundation for the modern diet. Grains and pasta offer daily nutritional components that include: Thiamin, Vitamin B6, Iron, Carbohydrates, Fiber and Vitamin D.
This group contains many foods that people eat on a daily basis. These foods include: Bread, Pasta (like spaghetti, rigatoni, and other noodles), Flour varieties (like corn, buckwheat, rice, and soy), Couscous, Oats and Rice.
The food in this category is recognized as basic staples throughout the world. Most cultures embrace at least one of these foods as its primary nutritional foundation.