low-calorie
low-calorie — adjective
1. describes food or drink that has fewer units of energy than the normal or standa
describes food or drink that has fewer units of energy than the normal or standard type of that product, often chosen by people who want to eat more healthily or lose weight
Aiko drinks low-calorie soda because she is watching her sugar intake.
The local café now offers a low-calorie breakfast bowl with fresh fruit.
attributive use before a noun phrase
At just forty calories per serving, low-calorie salad dressing helps Rohan keep his lunch light.
Dr. Okafor told his patient to switch to low-calorie snacks between meals.
This low-calorie pasta is made from vegetables instead of flour.
- diet
common on product labels but less precise; 'diet soda' may use artificial sweeteners without being low in calories
- reduced-calorie
more technical; often implies the product has at least 25% fewer calories than the standard version
- light
can mean less fat, sugar, alcohol or calories depending on the product; check labels carefully
- high-calorie
direct opposite
- calorie-rich
more formal register, used in nutrition writing
用法筆記
Typically used to describe foods and drinks, not activities or non-edible items. Often appears before a noun as a compound adjective requiring a hyphen (e.g. low-calorie meal).