nonnutritive
- a word derived from nutritive.
Example Sentences
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"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
“What is clear is that the energetic value of food and beverages that contain both nutritive and nonnutritive sweeteners is not being accurately communicated to the brain,” Small notes.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 24, 2019
The Kinder Surprise runs afoul of a 1938 act forbidding food from containing nonnutritive objects—a statute enforced by the Food and Drug Administration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 21, 2018
