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By the time food makes it to our plates, it’s unclear exactly where it came from or what it’s been through. Food processing and the distance it travels aren’t something most companies advertise.

That means plenty of us take our food for granted, never even thinking about where it comes from or the effort it takes to grow and harvest it.

Anyone who has had a voluminous veggie garden or has worked on a farm will find some of these photos familiar. But even then, we still think some will be surprising.

These 25 foods start out in ways we didn’t expect.

How many are a surprise to you?