ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Food and drink industry of Wales

Okay, kiddo, let's talk about the food and drink industry in Wales! Just like you have different types of foods and drinks that you like to have, there are lots of grown-ups who work really hard every day to make all sorts of yummy goodies for everyone in Wales to enjoy.

You know how some people grow fruits and vegetables in their gardens at home? Some adults in Wales do the same thing, but on a much larger scale! They have huge farms where they grow different types of fruits and veggies, like apples, potatoes, carrots, and more. These grown-ups are called farmers, and they work really hard to make sure their crops grow big and strong. Once the fruits and veggies are ready, they send them off to different places to be made into different types of food and drinks.

Now, once the fruits and veggies get to the food and drink factories, they go through different processes to turn them into all sorts of yummy things. Some fruits get made into juice, while others get baked into pies or turned into jams. The veggies can get chopped up and used in soups or mixed together with other ingredients to make tasty sauces.

And it's not just fruits and veggies that are turned into yummy food and drink in Wales! Some people in Wales make cheese, which comes from milk, and others make delicious Welsh cakes, which are like little pancakes with currants in them.

Once all of this yummy food and drink is made, it needs to be packaged up and sent out to different stores across Wales for us all to buy. So next time you're enjoying a tasty snack or drink, remember that lots of grown-ups worked really hard to make sure it got to you!