processed food

collocation in English

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processed
adjective
uk
/ˈprəʊ.sest/us
/ˈprɑː-/
Processed food has had some sort of chemical or industrial treatment in order to cook it, preserve it, or improve its taste ...
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food
noun[C or U]
uk
/fuːd/us
/fuːd/
something that people and animals eat, or plants absorb, to keep ...
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(Definition ofprocessedandfoodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprocessed food

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This may be inadvertent in some cases, as a wide variety ofprocessedfoodand even some medications contain wheat flour.
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Others argued that organic products were actually cheaper compared toprocessedfoodor fast food.
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Processing costs money, so the output (processedfood) must be worth more than (must be preferred to) the input (the same food before processing).
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I do not want to be an alarmist, because canned food,processedfoodand frozen food all have their places in our diet.
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This week we have had theprocessedfoodannouncement.
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The industry, especially theprocessedfoodindustry, will be highly fragmented.
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It is often impossible to know whether the meat,processedfoodor soup contains beef and whether that beef is on the bone or not.
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That gives the lie to what people often tell us, which is that children will only eat highlyprocessedfood.
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The distribution of fresh food from the markets will be subject to the same control as the distribution ofprocessedfoodand other products.
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The diet contains too much fat, especially saturated fat, too much salt, too much sugar, most of those consumed unknowingly inprocessedfood.
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We say who can and who cannot drink alcohol and what can and what cannot be done with ourprocessedfood.
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It lies also in the extra- ordinary difference between the raw material and theprocessedfood.
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It is an excellent food and is increasingly used as a base for otherprocessedfoodproducts.
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Is there any evidence that people actually become ill through eating highlyprocessedfood?
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Farmgate prices include produce destined for highlyprocessedfood, which is normally lower quality and sells at a lower price.
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Labels have to state the country of production of food items, including in the instance ofprocessedfood.
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Even worse, the tariff structure is designed to discourage the import ofprocessedfoodproducts or textiles.
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But if they are minced up and sold to us inprocessedfood, we have no choice.
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