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Categories: Staple foods
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staple food  dietary staple  food staple  main food  principal food
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A staple food, food staple, or simply staple, is a food that is eaten often and in such quantities that it constitutes a dominant portion of a standard diet for an individual or a population group, supplying a large fraction of energy needs and generally forming a significant proportion of the intake of other nutrients as well. Wikipedia
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A staple food, food staple, or simply staple, is a food that is eaten often and in such quantities that it constitutes a dominant portion of a standard diet for an individual or a population group, supplying a large fraction of energy needs and generally forming a significant proportion of the intake of other nutrients as well. Wikipedia
A foodstuff that forms the basic constituent of a diet Wikipedia Disambiguation
Food that is eaten routinely, and considered a dominant portion of a standard diet Wikidata
The most commonly or regularly eaten food in a country or community and which forms the mainstay of the total calorie supply, especially in the poorer populations and at times of food shortage. OmegaWiki