unenriched

Lacking added nutrients

Unenriched describes something that hasn't been fortified or supplemented with additional nutrients or valuable components.

Most often applied to flour or grain products that lack added vitamins and minerals: unenriched white flour, unenriched pasta.

The term also appears in nuclear contexts for uranium that hasn't undergone isotope concentration.

unprocessed

natural

Not artificially produced

  • rawIn original state
  • wholeFull and undivided
  • pureUnmixed, without impurities

unrefined · unprocessed · organic · unaltered · unadulterated · virgin · untreated · unmodified · plain · simple

nutritional

depleted

Severely reduced or emptied

devitalized · unfortified · unfertilized · nutrient-poor · empty · inadequate · insufficient · barren · meager · impoverished

flour

wheat

Cereal crop for flour

  • breadLeavened flour product
  • flourMilled grain powder
  • cerealProcessed grain for breakfast

grains · pasta · baking · rice · cornmeal · white · refined · fortified · unfortified · staple

Opposites
nutritional fortification

unenrichedenriched

Made more valuable

fortified · enhanced · supplemented · augmented · improved

Family

rich, enrich, enriched, enrichment, impoverish, enriching, enriches

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