Definitions for foodstuffs
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1. foodstuffs

   Food is any substance consumed by an organism for nutritional support. Food is usually of plant, animal, or fungal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals. The substance is ingested by an organism and assimilated by the organism's cells to provide energy, maintain life, or stimulate growth. Different species of animals have different feeding behaviours that satisfy the needs of their unique metabolisms, often evolved to fill a specific ecological niche within specific geographical contexts. Omnivorous humans are highly adaptable and have adapted to obtain food in many different ecosystems. The majority of the food energy required is supplied by the industrial food industry, which produces food with intensive agriculture and distributes it through complex food processing and food distribution systems. This system of conventional agriculture relies heavily on fossil fuels, which means that the food and agricultural system is one of the major contributors to climate change, accountable for as much as 37% of total greenhouse gas emissions.The food system has significant impacts on a wide range of other social and political issues including: sustainability, biological diversity, economics, population growth, water supply, and access to food. Food safety and food security are monitored by international agencies like the International Association for Food Protection, World Resources Institute, World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization, and International Food Information Council.

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1. Foodstuffs

   Foodstuffs Ltd is a group of three New Zealand grocery and liquor retailers' cooperatives based in Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch which collectively control an estimated 57% of the New Zealand grocery market. The group owns retail franchises 4 Square, New World and Pak'nSave, in-store private labels Pam's and Budget, the Bell Tea and Coffee Company and a ten percent stake in The Warehouse.

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1. foodstuffsnoun

   Plural noun of foodstuff.

   The commodity markets sold a variety of foodstuffs.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 29, 2016  

How to pronounce foodstuffs?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say foodstuffs in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of foodstuffs in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of foodstuffs in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of foodstuffs in a Sentence

1. Abulrahman Abdullahi:

   I’ve been here for hours, i have to shop for foodstuffs. It has been very difficult for me. The number of times I eat in a day has reduced to two because if I run out of foodstuffs, I may not be able to restock.

2. Steve Higgins:

   It was foodstuffs, it’s biodegradable, so it’s not going to stay there forever, if there was a family on holiday and a child was attacked while eating, and dropped food on the floor would the parents be fined?

3. Barclay Tenza:

   They took all the foodstuffs.

4. Pope Francis:

   It is also painful to see that the struggle against hunger and malnutrition is hindered by market priorities, the primacy of profit, which have reduced foodstuffs to a commodity like any other, subject to speculation, also of a financial nature, The hungry remain, at the street corner, and ask to be recognized as citizens, to receive a healthy diet. We ask for dignity, not for charity.

5. Alex Mitcham:

   As it is the remotest inhabited island in the world, the Tristanians are already very self sufficient, being able to produce many of their own foodstuffs (like fish, livestock and potatoes).

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foodstuffs
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=foodstuffs