Countable and Uncountable Food Nouns List

Countable and Uncountable Food Nouns List often foods are both countable and uncountable many people get confused while differentiating between these food nouns here is a list of uncountable and countable food nouns so that the readers can easily learn the difference between them.

Countable Food Nouns

Nouns which can easily be counted are count nouns or countable nouns. For example one apple, two apples and three burger etc.

Countable nouns can have both forms (singular and plural). Plural form can be made by adding “s” “es” “ies” to the singular form. For example

(apples) added “s”

(sandwiches) added “es”

(cherries) added “ies”

Here is a list of countable nouns food with along their pictures

Burger
Sandwich
Hot dog
Cherry
Apple
Grape
Orange
Olive
Watermelon
Carrot
Tomato
Pea
Salad
Vegetable
Pancake
Sausage
Egg
Potato
Cookie
Fries
Candy

Uncountable Food Nouns

Uncountable nouns are also called as non-count nouns, it means that they cannot be counted. For example, water, flour and rice.

Note: You cannot add “S” to uncountable nouns because they do not have plural form.

Here is a list of uncountable nouns food with along their pictures

Bread
Fruit
Juice
Meat
Rice
Cereal
Milk
Coffee
Tea
Flour
Salt
Soup
Sugar
Butter
Cheese
Honey
Water
Chocolate
Jam
Seafood
Mustard

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