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natural foods

  • plural
    of natural food.
    natural food
    noun
    a food that has undergone little or no processing and does not contain artificial additives.
natural-foods
  • a word derived from natural food.
    natural food
    noun
    a food that has undergone little or no processing and does not contain artificial additives.

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Whole Foods helped kick-start the modern natural foods movement when it made its debut in 1980.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 2, 2025

Founded in 1966 by macrobiotic pioneers Michio and Aveline Kushi, Erewhon began as a natural foods stall in a Boston market before opening a location in L.A. in 1969.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 23, 2025

I blame the trees import into California for their eventual adoption by the natural foods movement and their introduction into my childhood home.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 8, 2024

Sugars are present in many natural foods, from bananas to beets.

From Scientific American ● Sep. 11, 2023

It has been found that animals, both wild herbivores and livestock, are sometimes strangely attracted to a plant that has been sprayed, even though it is not one of their natural foods.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

The grocer was founded in 1966 by Japanese immigrants Michio and Aveline Kushi — pioneers of the natural-foods macrobiotic movement who began selling imported organic goods out of their Boston home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026

Boone added a natural-foods division to the company about a decade ago to focus on healthy snacking.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026

Founded in Milwaukie in 1978, Bob’s Red Mill grew from serving the Portland area to become a global natural-foods behemoth, marketing more than 200 products in more than 70 countries.

From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2024

Now, conventional stores’ share of natural and organic retail sales is at 43 percent, beating the 40 percent market share held by pure-play natural-foods retailers.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 17, 2016

I had rice flour in my pantry, but it was white-rice flour, the kind you find in natural-foods stores as a gluten-free substitute.

From Washington Post ● Dec. 21, 2015

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