nutritive
adjective
serving to nourish; providing nutriment; nutritious.
nonnutritive
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a word derived from
nutritive.
Example Sentences
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They advise against consuming nonnutritive sweeteners, such as aspartame and sucralose.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
"There needs to be more research on the long-term impacts of consuming aspartame and other nonnutritive sweeteners on health."
From Salon ● Jul. 14, 2023
The participants were all healthy adults, yet each nonnutritive sweetener distinctly altered their microbiota, while saccharin and sucralose also raised blood sugar.
From Seattle Times ● May 29, 2023
With the breast, a baby must first engage in nonnutritive sucking — like the kind used with a pacifier — to trigger the mother’s let-down reflex.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2023
To further complicate matters, ultraprocessed foods often contain a combination of nutritive and nonnutritive sweeteners that, Small says, produces surprising metabolic effects that result in a particularly potent reinforcement effect.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 24, 2019
