nutritive

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Fall is a great time to add a percolating layer of compost as a nutritive mulch on new or existing beds, or even on a lawn.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 18, 2022

According to Mary Zalla, global president of consumer brands at the consulting firm Landor, the trend fits with consumers’ increasing expectations that foods and beverages be carriers of additional benefits beyond just nutritive ones.

From Washington Post • Dec. 19, 2019

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.

From Scientific American • Sep. 24, 2019

It’s not nutritive; the physiological ramifications are dire and well documented.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 10, 2018

He knew, as do many Gethenians, the caloric and nutritive value of each food; he knew his own requirements under various conditions, and how to estimate mine pretty closely.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin