types of food► fast food food such as hamburgers, which is prepared quickly and which you can take away with you to eat: · He ballooned to 300lbs on a diet of fast food.
► junk food food that is full of sugar or fat, and is bad for your health: · I used to eat loads of junk food.
► GM food British English food made from vegetables and animals that have had their genetic structure changed: · There has been a lot of research into the safety of GM food.
► organic food food that is produced without using harmful chemicals: · Shoppers are willing to pay more for organic food.
► health food food that is thought to be good for your health: · You can buy the ingredients in any good health food shop.
► superfood a type of food that is believed to be good for your health because it contains a lot of a particular type of vitamin, mineral etc: · Superfoods such as blueberries are often promoted as having magic health-giving properties.
► vegetarian food food that does not contain meat: · The restaurant specializes in vegetarian food.
► processed food food that has chemicals in it to make it last a long time: · The colourings and flavourings in processed food are chemicals produced in factories.
► canned food (also tinned food British English) food that is sold in cans: · We had to live on canned food for a week.· Tinned food was sent as emergency aid.
► frozen food food that is kept at a very low temperature to make it last a long time: · Some people claim that frozen food is just as healthy as fresh food.
► convenience food food that is sold in cans, packages etc, so that it can be prepared quickly and easily: · I found that I had more time to cook, instead of just heating up convenience food.
► baby food special food for babies: · The soup was horrible – it tasted like baby food.
► pet/dog/cat/bird etc food food for animals that you keep as pets: · She spent a fortune on pet food.