wholesome food

collocation in English

meaningsofwholesomeandfood

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wholesome
adjective
uk
/ˈhəʊl.səm/
us
/ˈhoʊl.səm/
good for you, and likely to improve your life either physically, morally, ...
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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 ofwholesomeandfoodfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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We needwholesomefood, produced in an environmentally-friendly and humane manner, which is consumed as near as possible to the point of production.
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Consumers want healthy,wholesomefoodthat is produced, prepared, stored, distributed and retailed in healthy and hygienic conditions; there is no substitute for that.
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They are a very cheap andwholesomefood.
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We should ask the consumers to pay for the good, clean,wholesomefoodthat the land of this country can provide.
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My point is that the consumer has a right—not a choice —to expect healthy andwholesomefood.
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Consumers want an ample and ready supply of clean,wholesomefoodat a reasonable price.
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British food manufacturers are very conscious of their obligation to produce and sell safe andwholesomefood.
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The vast majority want to eat good,wholesomefood, although we must cater for the fact that some people are still attracted to junk food.
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I am giving this as an illustration to show why a proper midday meal should be given to the children goodwholesomefood.
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Is it excellent andwholesomefoodwhich is got from carcases from which malignant tumours have been cut out?
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People want good-quality,wholesomefoodat a price that they can afford.
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We depend on farmers for safe andwholesomefood.
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There should be a proper ration of adequate andwholesomefood.
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The public are realising more and more that this is a very agreeable, valuable andwholesomefood.
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All this has led to the interest in organic farming as a means of ensuring that completelywholesomefoodis being produced.
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Consumers must once again be convinced that beef is awholesomefood.
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There is no need to irradiate good,wholesomefood.
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This is not to say that my view is contrary to the production ofwholesomefoodand the protection of the environment.
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Will she agree that if we did, the likelihood is that we would have more working people living in the countryside and morewholesomefood?
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