Nutritive
adj.kind, resilientformal
What it means
Serving to nourish by providing or supporting the use of nutrients.
Reach for it when describing the nutritional function or value of a food or substance in formal writing
Researchers compared the nutritive value of the two locally grown grains.
Choose between these
6- everyday
food supplies health-supporting nutrients in ordinary usage
not when Nutritious describes the food as a whole, while nutritive often modifies value, function, or tissue processes.
- warm
the sustaining benefit of food should sound natural and inviting
not when Nourishing is less technical and can also describe emotional experiences.
- professional
nutrient-providing
the exact function is supplying specified nutrients
not when The phrase is precise but awkward when a conventional adjective would read more naturally.
- professional
nutritional
the phrase concerns nutrition broadly, including analysis or requirements
not when Nutritional can describe information or policy that does not itself provide nourishment.
- formal
alimentary
specialist writing concerns nourishment or the digestive tract
not when Alimentary is technical and can refer to digestion rather than nutritive value.
- literary
broad positive prose can emphasize contribution to vitality
not when Health-giving is an expansive claim and may overstate a limited nutritive effect.
Said against
3- non-nutritive
- innutritious
- nutrient-depleting
It naturally appears in
3- nutritive value
The report measured the nutritive value after storage and cooking.
- nutritive function
The supplement has a nutritive function rather than acting as a medicine.
- nutritive substance
Yeast converts the nutritive substance into compounds the culture can use.