How to Use nutritive in a Sentence

nutritive

adjective
  • The pioneers are the seabirds, whose fishy guano provides a nutritive anchor for air and seaborne seeds.
    — Amy Brady, Scientific American, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The best part of buttermilk, though, has nothing to do with its taste or nutritive qualities.
    — Priya Krishna, Bon Appétit, 8 Jan. 2020
  • The adverse effects of non-nutritive sucking can show up pretty quickly.
    — Carla Bruce-Eddings, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Gut health is an emerging area of interest with non-nutritive sweeteners.
    — Verywell Health, 17 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • What seems awesome and nutritive on the page can seem hollow and unengaging when spoken.
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 7 June 2019
  • The pair had been making raisins out of wine grapes since 2014, partly due to their nutritive qualities.
    — Morgan Enos, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2019
  • 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
  • The doctors tinkered with the formula, adding lemon, orange and a non-nutritive sweetener.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 6 Oct. 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
  • 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
  • Thus, even if a farmer primarily relied on corn for sustenance and/or trade, planting beans and squash alongside the maize increased the nutritive value of the same area.
    — JSTOR Daily, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The bulk of research devoted to understanding breastfeeding is on the nutritive benefits during the first six months to the first year of an infant’s life.
    — Time, 19 July 2023
  • 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
  • Maize provides the nutritive backbone to the Three Sisters system, yielding the bulk of the energy and a modest amount of protein.
    — JSTOR Daily, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Compared to sugar, many nutritive and non-nutritive sweeteners may be better for weight management, blood sugar, gut health, and other aspects of your health.
    — Brittany Lubeck, Verywell Health, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Multivitamin to cover the bases A daily multivitamin, while not a panacea, can give you an overall nutritive boost.
    — Rachel Reiff Ellis, Fortune Well, 16 Apr. 2023
  • 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
  • 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, 7 Apr. 2022
  • Diet drinks contained only non-nutritive sweeteners such as aspartame or sucralose and natural sweeteners such as stevia.
    — Sandee Lamotte, CNN, 26 Oct. 2020
  • They’re typically sweetened with artificial or non-nutritive sweeteners, such as aspartame or sucralose, which don’t raise blood sugar levels.
    — Caitlin Beale, Health, 20 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • Key Takeaways Diet soda has no calories or sugar, but usually contains no-calorie (non-nutritive) sweeteners.
    — Cristina Mutchler, Verywell Health, 3 June 2026
  • Artificial sweeteners, also referred to as non-nutritive sweeteners or sugar substitutes, are sometimes used in products.
    — Barbie Cervoni, Verywell Health, 19 Aug. 2025
  • 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
  • Veggie burgers often have 20 or more ingredients, including non-nutritive cornstarch and thickeners such as methyl cellulose.
    — Cara Rosenbloom, chicagotribune.com, 15 Aug. 2017
  • Veggie burgers often have 20 or more ingredients, including non-nutritive cornstarch and thickeners such as methyl cellulose.
    — Cara Rosenbloom, charlotteobserver, 22 Aug. 2017
  • The Super soy subtype was engineered by the researchers giving it a heart-friendly fat profile, trimming out non-nutritive sugars, and ditching the flavor-spiking enzyme lipoxygenase.
    — Pranjal Malewar, New Atlas, 20 Sep. 2025

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