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[sabrinawaiz]

Dear teachers,

Do you see any difference in the sentences below:

1. Produce of spain
2. Product of spain

Produce in sentence (1) is used as a noun meaning farm products like fresh vegetables and fruits.

I've noted sentence (1) on a wine label. I was thinking as that wine was made from the produce of spain doesn't it should be a product of spain?

Can you please elaborate a little bit on the proper usage of Produce as a noun?

Thank you for your help,

Regards,

Sabrina

[nicewitch]

Produce can be used as a noun for an agricole product.

A product is something that has been elaborated, a produce is something that has been produced naturally

"This orange is a produce from Spain"
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[sabrinawaiz]

Nicewitch, thank you so much for your reply.

As product is something that has been elaborated, then how come wine be a produce rather than a product? Do the wine bottle label indicates the grape produce from Spain which was used to make the wine?

Thank you for your help,

Sabrina

[pugachevV]

A product is something manufactured, or refined for sale, or a substance produced during a natural, chemical, or manufacturing process.

Produce is generally applied to things that have been grown, or produced.

So, although grapes are produce, wine is the product of a natural chemical process, which we have exploited.

The label should say "Product of Spain".

[sabrinawaiz]

Thank you pugachevV for your clarification.
This is the wine label I was talking about.



Thank you,
Sabrina

[pugachevV]

De nada.