raw food

Cuisine without heat

Raw food is uncooked food, especially as part of a diet emphasizing unprocessed plant foods eaten in their natural state.

Raw foodists believe cooking destroys nutrients and enzymes.

The diet typically includes fruits, vegetables, nuts, seeds, and sometimes unpasteurized dairy or raw fish: She's been on raw food for six months.

Related

ceviche · poke bowl · unpasteurized · cold pressed · juicing · juice bar · nuts · veganism · plant based · tartare · dehydrating · seeds · blending · organic · edible flowers · clean eating · fermenting · enzymes

Categories
Opposites
cooking/preparation state

raw foodcooked

Heated for eating

fried food · hot food · well-done · ready-to-eat · toasted

processing level

raw foodprocessed food

Industrially manufactured edibles

canned food · convenience food · preserved food · ready meals · fast food

Family

food, raw, foods, uncooked, unprocessed, rawness, rawest, rawer

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G