Foods very low in or lacking in essential nutrients.
Food of little nutritional value, e.g. high-fat processed snacks, eaten between or instead of meals.
A colloquial term for food that has limited nutritional value. Typically it refers to foods high in salt, sugar, fat, or calories, with low nutrient content. These include most salted snack foods, candy, gum, most sweet desserts, fried fast food, and carbonated beverages.