whole food

[hohl food]

noun

1. food with little or no refining or processing and containing no artificial additives or preservatives; natural or organic food

Word History and Origins

Origin of whole food¹

First recorded in 1955–60

Example Sentences

Amazon said five of the stores earmarked for closure would be converted in to Whole Foods stores, a fresh and whole food brand which Amazon owns.

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She said lithium mining impacts microorganisms that birds feed on in these waters, so the whole food chain is affected.

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“Whole food sources, portion sizes. We help them navigate food and understand when they feel full. And how to do that in a long-term, sustainable fashion.”

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What my niece and I wanted to do was take that paradigm and move it into the whole food world.

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McAfee said the government should consider raw milk and other whole food insurance programs, like the USDA’s crop insurance program which provides for farmers whose fields and crops have been impacted by drought, flooding or fire — or the more recent milk insurance program which provides money for dairy farmers whose herds have been infected with bird flu.

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