Legumes - includes beans and peas such as soy, pinto, kidney, navy, limas, split peas, black-eyed peas, lentils, and garbanzos. Also includes soy products such as tofu, beverages, and texturized protein foods.
Meats anad poultry
......or vegetables.
<33 Angela Marie
It doesn't belong in the food pyramid.
Vegemite should be placed above the food pyramid as it is the food of the gods
With fruits .
Apple butter is a condiment and would go into the "Oils and Discretionary Calories" portion of the pyramid.
Pasta would be in the bread, grain, and cereal food group at the bottom of the food pyramid. It mostly consists of simple carbohydrates.
You can find a picture of a food pyramid at most of your health food sites. There is an old and new diagram out now. To find where Egyptian foods are in the pyramid check out a health food site.
Rice goes into the grain pyramid because rice is a grain and it can be farmed.
Dairy
The Food & Drug Administration has recently changed to food pyramid. For a visual picture, as well as a comprehensive explanation on how to use the pyramid, go to their web site at http://www.choosemyplate.gov/
It would go up like a pyramid :)
fruit
Potato chips would go all the way at top of the food pyramid in fats, oils, and sweets.