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nutritiveness

  • a word derived from nutritive.
    nutritive
    adjective
    serving to nourish; providing nutriment; nutritious.

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To fulfil the requirement, the quantity must be increased as the nutritiveness is diminished.

From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Herbert Spencer

In respect of nutritiveness, it deserves a preference over all the pure starches on account of the proteine compounds it contains.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by P. L. Simmonds

The "Pitman" Steam Cooker is a marvel of cheapness and excellence, consisting of deep boiler and three upper compartments, whereby four different dishes can be cooked to perfection, each retaining its full flavour and nutritiveness.

From Reform Cookery Book (4th edition) Up-To-Date Health Cookery for the Twentieth Century. by Mrs. (Jean Oliver) Mill

Are children doomed to a monotonous dietary, or a dietary that is deficient in nutritiveness?

From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Herbert Spencer

The inference is, then, that they should have a diet which combines, as much as possible, nutritiveness and digestibility.

From Essays on Education and Kindred Subjects Everyman's Library by Herbert Spencer

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