natural food

noun

: food that has undergone minimal processing and contains no preservatives or artificial additives

Examples of natural food in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

But the government also recently approved three natural food color ingredients: galdieria extract blue, butterfly pea flower extract and calcium phosphate. —Tanasia Kenney, Sacbee.com, 15 May 2025

Chobani broke ground on a very, very big natural foods plant in Rome, New York, after Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a press conference about the company's long-term investment late last month. —Amy Neff Roth, USA Today, 3 May 2025

The company and the New York governor’s office are calling it the nation’s largest investment in natural food manufacturing, and Ulukaya says the production plant is just the start. —Danielle Chemtob, Forbes.com, 23 Apr. 2025

Creating a Bird-Friendly Environment One of the best ways to attract a renter for your birdhouse is to create a bird-friendly environment with plenty of native plants that attract insects for natural food sources. —Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 2 Apr. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for natural food

• beatitude
• decrepitude
• disquietude
• exactitude
• ineptitude
• infinitude
• ingratitude
• midlatitude
• similitude
• solicitude
• accrued
• allude

Kids Definition

natural food

noun

: food that has been processed as little as possible and contains no added artificial substances to keep it fresh or give it flavor

Medical Definition

natural food

noun

: food that has undergone minimal processing and contains no preservatives or artificial additives