Meanings of nutritive qualities in English

The food must, he thought, possess nutritive qualities far beyond any expectation.

All its savour was more savoury, all its nutritive qualities were more nutritious.

His knowledge of their nutritive qualities was extremely limited, and his experiments were not always successful.

Grass cut somewhat green, and properly cured, is next to fresh, green grass in palatable, nutritive qualities.

Dry as this gramma grass appears, it possesses nutritive qualities, as the animals which feed on it abundantly prove.

The fruit were more palatable than the ordinary tomatoes, had better nutritive qualities and were more suitable for preserving and canning.

These figures must be considered as only approximative, since nothing is more difficult than to estimate the nutritive qualities of different aliments.

A few biscuits and a portion of the salt beef, which was at the best scarcely eatable, and possessed but slightly nutritive qualities, alone remained.