nu ‧ tra ‧ ceu ‧ ti ‧ cals /ˌnjuːtrəˈsjuːtɪk ə lz $ ˌnuːtrəˈsuː-/ BrE AmE noun [plural]
foods that are designed to improve health and lower the risk of disease, for example by increasing the amount of ↑ vitamin s in them, or removing some of the ↑ fat SYN functional foods