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Staple food — AQA GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition Definition | GradeGen

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Staple food

GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition · key term

Staple food

Definition

A food eaten regularly that forms an important part of a population’s diet, such as potatoes, rice or maize.

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AQA GCSE Food Preparation and Nutrition · 8585

Specification 3.5.2 · Paper 1

Revise: British and International Cuisines

AQA Food Preparation and Nutrition past papers

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Comal
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