kasviperäisissä

Kasviperäisissä is a Finnish term formed from kasviperäinen (plant-based, derived from kasvi, plant) with the inessive plural suffix -issä. The form is used to describe things that originate from plants or are based on plant-derived ingredients, and it is commonly applied to distinguish plant-based materials from animal-derived or synthetic ones in various contexts.

In practice, kasviperäisissä is used across science, nutrition, and consumer discourse. It often occurs with nouns in the inessive plural, for example kasviperäisissä elintarvikkeissa (in plant-based foods) or kasviperäisissä tuotteissa (in plant-based products). The term signals plant origin rather than animal or synthetic sources and is frequently paired with related contrasts such as eläinperäiset (animal-derived) or synteettiset (synthetic). It appears in product labels, research summaries, policy discussions about sustainable diets, and dietary guidance promoting plant-based options.

Linguistic notes: kasviperäinen is the base adjective meaning plant-based or derived from plants, and kasviperäisissä is its inflected form used when the described item is plural and located “in” or characterized by plant origin. The word can modify a range of nouns, including ruokavalioita, lisäaineita, pritikkaa, tai valmisteita, depending on the sentence structure. While the term clearly indicates plant origin, it does not itself determine nutritional adequacy or sustainability; context and additional qualifiers are often needed to convey full meaning.

See also: kasvi, kasvisruoka, kasvisperäinen.