addictivefood

noun
UK /əˈdɪktɪv fuːd/
US /əˈdɪktɪv fuːd/

Food that makes you want to keep eating it even when you are not hungry.

Chips and cookies are often called addictive food because it is hard to stop after one.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. Food engineered with extra sugar, salt, or fat to make people eat more of it.

Scientists study addictive food to understand why people overeat.

3. A food a person feels they cannot easily give up.

For him, chocolate is addictive food he eats every night.

4. A casual term for a snack that is very hard to resist.

These little crackers are addictive food at parties.