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Meanings of ersatz food in English

Russian
пища-суррогат
Catalan
succedani alimentari
Spanish
sucedáneo alimenticio

Food that imitates the form and flavour of a traditional food item.

      пища-суррогат
      Synonyms
      Examples for "food alternative"
      Examples for "food alternative"
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      Photo: 123RF Parents are often too quick to offer food alternatives when toddlers reject what they're given, she says.
      Radio NZ
      2
      On this note, he added that PNG communities could grow their own rice or find locally sourced food alternatives.
      Radio NZ
      3
      There is no point complaining that the British high street lacks credible fast food alternatives, if you damn a promising concept from the off.
      The Guardian
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      The only food substitute which meets the casual eye of the visitor to England in war time is margarine for butter.
      The Land of Deepening Shadow: Germany-at-War
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      Unlike every other food substitute clogging the shelves at Whole Foods, these things stick out like a goth in a snowstorm.
      Wired
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      The fancy packaging and beautiful children on the cartons of growing-up milk will persuade many parents that children need this food substitute.
      The Irish Times
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      Little honey means bees will starve in the winter unless beekeepers feed them sufficient sugar water solution, or fondant, as an energy food substitute.
      The Guardian
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      Stewed tomatoes can be substituted for stock or gravy, and one starchy food substituted for another.
      School and Home Cooking
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      All you need is cow's or goat's milk or a vegan alternative like coconut milk and some probiotic capsules from the pharmacy.
      The Irish Times
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      The current wave of vegan alternatives demonstrates human ingenuity at its finest.
      The Guardian
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      Vegan alternatives to meat and dairy products answer the biggest challenge of all.
      The Guardian
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      Hughes says he did have to work out week by week his vegan alternatives would be.
      Radio NZ
      5
      They are now teaming up with fast food companies to create vegan alternatives to your favourite meals.
      The South African
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      The techie food - replacement drink gets its oomph from soy protein isolate.
      Wired
      1
      She told her mother-in-law about the children, and the old lady brought out from under her bed a box of lucious imitation food.
      The new yorker
      2
      This is why we need a slightly more detailed personal policy to capture these imitation foods; to wit:
      In defense of food: an eater's manifesto
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      It's like substitute food drink so that I don't have to go outside ever again.
      The new yorker
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      Whenever possible, substitute foods your kids already eat with calcium-fortified versions.
      Joy bauer's food cures
      3
      A lot of the substitute foods that are available like soy yogurt and mayonnaise and butter replacements certainly help with the transition.
      Reuters
      4
      "Maybe I've been substituting food for sex," she muttered.
      Fortunate harbor
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      Possible substitute foods were identified but some nutrients such as zinc and especially vitamin D were most often found lacking in the alternative diet.
      Pubmed
      Usage of ersatz food in English
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      One time Fraulein von Levetzow's brother sent a ham but it turned out to be all fat-thepig had been living on ersatz food too.
      The new yorker