convenience food

noun

1. any packaged food, dish, or meal that can be prepared quickly and easily, as by thawing or heating.

convenience food

noun

1. food that needs little preparation, especially food that has been pre-prepared and preserved for long-term storage

Word History and Origins

Origin of convenience food¹

First recorded in 1960–65

Example Sentences

And that, in a country where parents are increasingly turning from traditional diets to convenience foods, has health professionals worried.

From BBC

In descending order of proportion, snacks consisted of convenience foods high in carbohydrates and fats, sweets, alcoholic beverages, non-alcoholic drinks that include sugar-sweetened beverages, protein, milk and dairy, fruits, grains and, lagging far behind, vegetables.

From Science Daily

"Elsewhere, trends such as wealthier, more mobile middle classes in emerging countries can support shifts towards snacking and convenience foods."

From Reuters

The concept normalizes “that we can eat a variety of foods, we can eat pre-cooked foods, we can eat convenience foods.”

From National Geographic

Ultra-processed convenience foods contain chemicals that UK regulators say are safe, but Panorama investigates emerging scientific evidence of a link between some of these chemicals and cancer, diabetes and strokes.

From BBC