[Jimbee (OP)]

Is corn really a vegetable? Where I live, the US, it is classified as one. (We also call it Indian corn. And in the rest of the world they call it Maize.) It is also cooked and prepared as one.

How do they decide how a food product is classified? I am talking about from a nutritional perspective, BTW.

[alancalverd]

If it ain't meat or fish, it's a vegetable. Ask any vegetarian.

[paul cotter]

I would classify it as a monocot.

[vhfpmr]

If it ain't meat or fish, it's a vegetable.

Unless it's a fruit.

I don't really know what the OP is asking, he talks about nutritional perspective, but the difference between animal & vegetable, or fruit & vegetable isn't about nutrition.

[Bored chemist]

If it's in the form of cornflakes or popcorn, I class it as food. Otherwise I don't.

[Jimbee (OP)]

If it ain't meat or fish, it's a vegetable.

Unless it's a fruit.

I don't really know what the OP is asking, he talks about nutritional perspective, but the difference between animal & vegetable, or fruit & vegetable isn't about nutrition.

In the United States there are four food groups, unless that has changed since I was a kid. The meat, the dairy, the fruit and vegetable and the grain. Corn is actually technically a grain. See my confusion? Perhaps I should have made myself more clear .

[Petrochemicals]

If it ain't meat or fish, it's a vegetable.

Unless it's a fruit.

I don't really know what the OP is asking, he talks about nutritional perspective, but the difference between animal & vegetable, or fruit & vegetable isn't about nutrition.

In the United States there are four food groups, unless that has changed since I was a kid. The meat, the dairy, the fruit and vegetable and the grain. Corn is actually technically a grain. See my confusion? Perhaps I should have made myself more clear .

So is sugar refined as a vegetable in the usa? One of your 5 a day? Olive oil also?