health food

noun

: a food promoted as good for health (as due to lack of artificial ingredients)

Examples of health food in a Sentence

He eats only health food.

She shops at the health-food store.

The restaurant offers a variety of health foods.

Recent Examples on the Web

Sacramento County Health Inspectors closed a local taqueria after finding health food violations including dead and live cockroaches. — Vince Basada, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Spirulina is available in tablets and capsules at most supplement stores and health food grocers. — Christina Manian, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Aug. 2026

In fact, Nestle says, one of the first big cereal companies, Kellogg's, got its start promoting breakfast cereal as a health food. — Greg Rosalsky, NPR, 4 Aug. 2026

Toastique was founded in 2018 by Brianna Keefe, a former college athlete whose love for juicing, smoothies and health food turned into a dream of opening a health cafe. — Kansas City Star, 23 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for health food

• accrued
• allude
• collude
• conclude
• construed
• debuted
• delude
• elude
• endued
• ensued
• eschewed
• etude

Kids Definition

health food

noun

: a food that is said to be especially good for one's health