Prezentacija Prometne škole u Rijeci

1. Types of food

2. Fast food – type of food that
focuses on speed of service
rather than nutritional value.
Often low-quality and
unhealthy, but very popular in
the busy world of today
Junk food – low-quality and
unhealthy food, often pre-
prepared and packaged.
Contains too much fat, sugar
and salt and has low nutritional
value

3. Slow food – opposite of fast food, far
superior in terms of quality and
nutritional value. It is prepared with
patience and meant to be enjoyed
slowly. It aims to preserve traditional
ways of cooking
Traditional food – a type of food
typical for a certain region, prepared in
a way it had been before the era of
mass-produced food found in fast food
chains and supermarkets. Consists of
local and often organic ingredients

4. Croatian traditional food

5. Raw food – a diet of
uncooked, unprocessed,
organic food containing raw
fruit and vegetables, nuts and
seeds but also raw meat, fish
and eggs. Quite a drastic
movement in cuisine which
people take up mostly for
health, ideological or religious
reasons
Convenience food – entire meals
that come pre-prepared and can
be bought in stores. Heavily
processed, mostly unhealthy and
often lacking taste, but very easy
to cook

6. Ethnic food – various types of
food of various ethnic and
cultural background, e.g.
Mexican, Italian, Chinese,
Indian or Bosnian food
Vegan food – type of diet that
uses no ingredients of animal
origin (meat, dairy or eggs)
Vegetarian food – similar to
vegan food but including eggs
and dairy (milk, cheese,
cream)

7. Dude food – a type of food
consisting of heavy dishes
abundant in meat, often using
gourmet methods of preparing
and quality ingredients but still
largely unbalanced and
unhealthy. Thought to express
masculinity
Street food – a huge variety of
dishes sold on streets around the
world, pre-prepared. Some of it is
regional (burek, pretzels), some of
it global (sandwiches, hot dogs)

8. Finger food – food meant to be eaten
by hands, without forks, knives, spoons
or other utensils. Includes snacks
(canape, bruschetta), most types of fast
food, but also some types of traditional,
ethnic food (like Ethiopian or
Moroccan)
Comfort food – a broad term for
dishes providing sentimental and
emotional comfort. Usually stands
for food one eats without health-
related limits, but can basically be
even the simplest meal that provides
comfort to someone
 Finger food

9. Health food – a special type of
food that mainly focuses on
positive impacts on the human
body. Often more expensive than
regular food
Super foods – certain ingredients that are
thought to be especially beneficial for health.
They are trendy and change through time.
Examples are chia seeds and goji berry. Since
2007, the use of the super food term in
marketing is prohibited in the European Union
unless supported by concrete scientific
research (which most of them lack)