Introduction
Nutrition is an essential part of any culture; its respective traditions, concepts and habits have been passed on from generation to generation in many a country around the world. In many cases, they have remained intact to this day; others have been slightly adapted to more contemporary lifestyles, whilst new ones are taking their place as societies evolve further.
In our industry, it is important that we both respect and celebrate nutritional heritage to as large an extent as possible. In order to better understand the very fundamental nutrition values I always found the Maslow-pyramid to be a helpful tool: