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unprocessed

British  
/ ʌnˈprəʊsɛst /

adjective

  1. (of food, oil, etc) not having undergone a process to preserve or purify

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Participants on the unprocessed diet consistently filled their meals with fruits and vegetables, sometimes eating several hundred grams at a time.

From Science Daily • Feb. 5, 2026

The backlog of correspondence and unprocessed returns grew to 2 million in December, an increase from 1.5 million a year earlier.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026

"When it arrives here, it's mostly unprocessed," said material scientist Caelo Dineen Vanstone, another of the start-up's co-founders.

From BBC • Jan. 6, 2026

“It helps them process chronic stress and unprocessed trauma,” she says.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 1, 2026

And in my part of the world, there is no greater temple to all things organic, natural, and unprocessed than my local Whole Foods supermarket.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan

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