minimally processed
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Minimally processed describes food that has undergone only basic handling—washing, cutting, pasteurizing, or freezing—without significant alteration to its natural state.
The term distinguishes foods like bagged salad or frozen vegetables from heavily processed products with added preservatives, sugars, or artificial ingredients: I try to buy minimally processed foods when I can.
- rawIn original state
- wholeFull and undivided
- whole grainCereal with intact seed
- unrefinedNot processed or polished
- freshNewly made, not stale
farm to table · natural · free range · clean · simple · pure · organic · hand picked · handcrafted · artisanal · small batch · farm-fresh · wholesome · unadulterated · real · homemade · rustic · scratch-made
- Health food labelsorganic, whole foods, unprocessed, preservative-free, non-GMO
- food labelsnutrition facts, ingredient list, ingredients, ingredients list, calories
- eco labelscertified organic, Energy Star, eco-label, organic, fair trade
minimally processedultra-processed
Heavily manufactured food products
refined · manufactured · mass-produced · processed · machine-made
minimally processedartificial
Made, not natural
synthetic · adulterated · unnatural · reconstituted · engineered
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