The subcategories can be grouped by process and number of ingredients:
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* Fresh vegetables, products that come straight from the land, without any cooking or preservation processes
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* Fresh vegetables - products that underwent minimal processing (peeling, cutting, refrigeration) and mostly have one ingredient (or more for mixed vegetables);
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* Canned vegetables;
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* Canned vegetables - products that underwent some processing (pre-cooking, additives added for preservation)
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* Prepared vegetables;
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* Prepared vegetables - products that underwent preparation processes (grilling) and have usually few ingredients;
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* Vegetable dishes;
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* Vegetable dishes - products that combine multiple ingredients, but are mainly based on one ingredient (> 50%?). ;
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* Vegetable meals - to be eaten as a main meal (culture dependent?);