Collocations for food - noun

delicious, excellent, good, great, superb, tasty, wonderful
favourite/favorite
decent
real
adequate, enough, sufficient
Everyone has the right to adequate food and clean water.

ample
basic, everyday, staple
lower fat alternatives to everyday foods
Retail prices of staple foods remain unchanged.

traditional
plain, simple
exotic, speciality (BrE), specialty (AmE)
fine, gourmet, quality
Our restaurant serves the finest food.

cheap
bad, poor, unhealthy
healthful (esp. AmE), healthy, nourishing, nutritious, proper, the right, wholesome
Healthy food can and should be delicious
Lack of proper food led to much illness among seamen.
It's is important to get plenty of exercise and to eat the right foods.

diet, health
Essential oils can be bought from most good health food stores

rabbit (informal,disapproving)
My father preferred to eat meat and hated rabbit food (= salad vegetables).

fast, junk, snack
carry-out (AmE), takeaway (BrE), takeout (AmE)
hot
cold
raw, uncooked
leftover
rotten
fresh
natural
whole (usually wholefood)
organic
frozen
dry
canned, tinned (BrE)
processed
convenience
fatty, fried, high-fat, starchy, stodgy (esp. BrE)
She is trying to cut down on fatty foods.

high-calorie, rich
Avoid rich foods like pastries.

sugary, sweet
savoury/savory (esp. BrE), spicy
Chinese, Indian, Mexican, etc.
vegetarian
dairy
genetically engineered, genetically modified (abbreviated to GM)
Campaigners are challenging the safety of genetically modified foods.

animal, plant, vegetable (= food that comes from animals/plants)
Omnivores are able to eat animal or vegetable food.

solid
The baby refuses to swallow any solid food.

baby
cat, dog, fish, pet
animal, plant (= food for animals/plants)
diner (AmE), hospital, party, prison, pub (BrE), restaurant
imported
comfort
Ice cream is my comfort food of choice (= food that makes me feel happier).

plate, portion
morsel, scrap
They moved from town to town begging scraps of food.

consume, eat, have
the amount of food that an average family consumes in a week
You should eat more fresh foods.
She had had no food for two days.

enjoy, like, love
He obviously enjoys good food.

live on
people who live on junk food

be off, go off (BrE)
The dog is off its food.

avoid, cut back on (esp. AmE), cut down on (esp. BrE), cut out
be short of, go short of, run short of
The city was under siege and began to run short of food.

be without, go without, live without, survive without
We had been days without food.

offer (sb)
Fast-food companies are starting to offer their customers healthier food.

give sb, provide (sb with), serve (sb), supply (sb with)
a restaurant that serves good healthy food
Thanks to international aid, the town had been supplied with food for nine months.

feed sb/sth, feed sb/sth on
He always fed Whiskers the best cat food.
She fed her baby on wholesome food.

handle
Always take great care when handling food.

cook, do, make, prepare
A lot of people can't be bothered to cook good food.
Who's doing the food for the party?

smell, taste
Taste the food and tell me what you think.

cut, cut up
Please cut up the food for your baby sister.

pick at
He had lost his appetite and picked at his food.

play with
Stop playing with your food like a baby!

chew
swallow
gulp, gulp down
She told the kids not to gulp down their food.

digest
order
They sat down at the restaurant table and immediately ordered their food.

grow, produce
Farmers are not producing enough food for the country's growing population.

import
buy, sell
beg, beg for, hunt for, look for, scavenge for, search for
They slept in the open and begged (for) food from farmers.
The male eagle hunts for food.

find
Most mammals use their sense of smell to find food.

keep, store
Keep food fresher for longer with our new sealable containers.
Bears store food for the winter.

contaminate
put out
He put out food for the birds.

share

smell, taste
Does the food taste good?

be in short supply, be short
Food is short here, and people go hungry.

run out
arrive, come
When their food arrived they ate in silence.

contain
Try to eat a variety of foods that contain protein.

resource, source, supply
Fruit is an important food source for bats.
The fish market is a ready food supply for seabirds.

supplies
The UN has been issuing emergency food supplies to the refugees.

stuff (usually foodstuff)
Many basic foodstuffs, such as bread and milk, are tax-free.

crop, plant
basic food crops such as beans and corn

group
item, product
The labels on food products give information about their nutritional content.

consumption, intake
His doctor warned him to reduce his daily food intake.

quality
preparation
hygiene (esp. BrE), safety, security
scare (esp. BrE)
There has been a food scare over salmonella in eggs.

allergy
distribution
crisis, shortage
rationing, rations
stamp (AmE)
industry, market, service
We intend to increase our share of the food market.

manufacturing, production, system
company, manufacturer, producer
court (AmE), market, outlet, retailer, shop, store, supplier
the food court at the shopping mall
Britain's first organic food market
a fast food outlet

prices
bill
I am trying to cut my weekly food bill by one third.

policy, programme/program
US food policy

poisoning
additives
colouring/coloring
label
processor
Blend the egg yolks, lemon juice and herbs in a food processor.

chain, web
Plankton is at the bottom of the marine food chain.

for food
animals that are killed for food

without food
After three days without food, the men were close to starvation.

food and drink (BrE), food and drinks (AmE)
Gina had prepared food and drink/drinks for the party.

food and water
Food and water were running out.

food and wine
The Dordogne region is famous for its food and wine.

a smell of food
There was a smell of food from the kitchen

a supply of food
The ocean provides the people with an endless supply of food.

the taste of food
the characteristic taste of our food