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wholefood

/ ˈhəʊlˌfuːd /

noun

  1. sometimes plural
    1. food that has been refined or processed as little as possible and is eaten in its natural state, such as brown rice, wholemeal flour, etc
    2. ( as modifier )

      a wholefood restaurant

“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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Example Sentences

The business grew as demand jumped for vegan products, acquiring supplier Redwood Wholefood in 2009, but was hit by rising costs and supply issues.

From BBC

A few doors down from the Wholefood Store, Sherri Singleton runs the renowned Italian restaurant Lucca and its sister seafood restaurant, The Mistley Thorn, in the neighbouring village of Mistley.

From BBC

We tend to cook more healthfully for ourselves and our family, perhaps after the initial period of comforting eating, I’ve noticed a trend sliding back to more wholefood conscientiousness.

Tim Lang, a social scientist who established City University London’s Centre for Food Policy in 1994, says that the wholefood movement of the 1960s and 1970s paved the way for the current vegan trend.

From Nature

“There are wholefood firms, vegan firms, animal-welfare-obsessed firms, and there are firms that are the complete reverse of those,” he says.

From Nature

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