food sample

Try before buying

A food sample is a small portion offered for tasting, typically in grocery stores or markets to encourage purchase: They were giving out food samples at the cheese counter.

The term also applies to specimens collected for quality testing or safety analysis: The lab analyzed food samples for contamination.

Related

nibble · freebie · demo · supermarket · grocery store · toothpick · cheese cube · cube · sliver · try · flavor · counter · offering · appetizer · teaser · sip · crumb · tidbit

Categories
Opposites
portion size

food samplefull portion

Complete allocated amount

full plate · feast · all-you-can-eat · entrée · main course

purchase commitment

food samplefinal sale

Nonreturnable transaction

purpose

food samplesustenance

Means of living

nourishment · dinner · lunch · the real thing

Family

food, sample, foods, foodstuff, foodstuffs, sampled, samples, sampling, sampler

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G