How to Use nutritive in a Sentence

nutritive

adjective

• The pair had been making raisins out of wine grapes since 2014, partly due to their nutritive qualities.
  — Morgan Enos, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2019
• All of Bogdanovich's food bestows the same nutritive powers on people who truly are in need of it.
  — Mike Sula, Chicago Reader, 11 Oct. 2017
• The best part of buttermilk, though, has nothing to do with its taste or nutritive qualities.
  — Priya Krishna, Bon Appétit, 8 Jan. 2020
• Certain plants attach a nutritive glob called an elaiosome to their seed coats, which serves as lunch for the ants’ young and gives ants a handle on seeds that can be bigger than their head.
  — Elizabeth Pennisi, Science | AAAS, 11 Aug. 2020
• Twinkies Snack cakes, candy and other high calorie foods with little or no nutritive value need to be reduced to remain at a healthy weight.
  — chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2018
• What seems awesome and nutritive on the page can seem hollow and unengaging when spoken.
  — Jesse Green, New York Times, 7 June 2019
• The adverse effects of non-nutritive sucking can show up pretty quickly.
  — Carla Bruce-Eddings, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
• The doctors tinkered with the formula, adding lemon, orange and a non-nutritive sweetener.
  — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Oct. 2020
• This is a process of reconnecting with resources and wellsprings that are profoundly nutritive for you.
  — Bess Matassa, Teen Vogue, 5 Apr. 2018
• People with pica will repeatedly consume non-nutritive, non-food substances, such as rocks or dirt.
  — Colleen Murphy, Health.com, 24 Feb. 2021
• Studies point to the plant’s litany of therapeutic and nutritive properties — a powerhouse packed with iron, Vitamins A, B and C, protein, and potassium.
  — Nikhita Venugopal, Bon Appetit, 14 May 2018
• Because of its nutritive value and ability to withstand severe drought, moringa trees have been used to combat malnutrition.
  — Nikhita Venugopal, Bon Appetit, 14 May 2018
• But like fiber, which is known to protect against cardiovascular disease, non-nutritive components in food can still provide health benefits.
  — Jordan C. Axelson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2017
• Female bugs use their gynosomes to receive not only sperm, but also a cocktail of highly nutritive substances, the team reported in 2014 in Current Biology.
  — Giorgia Guglielmi, Science | AAAS, 15 Sep. 2017
• Objectives of the Hoosier Hay Contest are to promote forage production, inform hay producers on the nutritive value of their hay and encourage producers to sample and test their hay or baleage before feeding it to livestock.
  — Post-Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, 15 June 2021
• Infused with nutritive ingredients like jojoba and argan oil, this product is not only designed to promote fullness but also to restore shine.
  — Grooming Playbook, The Salt Lake Tribune, 4 Oct. 2022
• Although scientists were divided over phytic acid’s nutritive value, proponents like Sabin pointed to its role as an antioxidant.
  — Delthia Ricks, Discover Magazine, 5 Oct. 2011
• Scientists used to think that non-nutritive sweeteners were largely inert, activating sweet receptors on our tongues and passing through our bodies without causing metabolic changes.
  — Laura Reiley, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Mar. 2023
• Diet drinks contained only non-nutritive sweeteners such as aspartame or sucralose and natural sweeteners such as stevia.
  — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 26 Oct. 2020
• Veggie burgers often have 20 or more ingredients, including non-nutritive cornstarch and thickeners such as methyl cellulose.
  — Cara Rosenbloom, charlotteobserver, 22 Aug. 2017
• Those who know Christianity only from a distance are often slow to recognize its emphasis on the corporeal: the Incarnation, the Resurrection, the largely biomedical and nutritive miracles that pervade the gospels.
  — Nicholas Frankovich, National Review, 9 Apr. 2020
• Plants contain a number of chemical compounds, some of which have nutritive, anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties.
  — Bel Dumé, Scientific American, 4 May 2018
• Last month, a smaller study found that consuming non-nutritive sweetener — sugar substitutes that contain few calories or nutrients — could alter a person's gut microbes and potentially elevate blood sugar levels.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2022
• Yet combining monk fruit extract with another non-nutritive (in other words, zero-calorie) sweetener, like the popular sugar alcohol erythritol, isn’t ideal either.
  — Anthea Levi, Health.com, 11 Apr. 2018
• To further complicate matters, ultraprocessed foods often contain a combination of nutritive and nonnutritive sweeteners that, Small says, produces surprising metabolic effects that result in a particularly potent reinforcement effect.
  — Ellen Ruppel Shell, Scientific American, 25 Sep. 2019

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024