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Noma (restaurant)
Noma is a Danish gourmet restaurant in Copenhagen, opened in 2003 by Claus Meyer and chef René Redzepi as a leader of the New Nordic Kitchen movement.
Non-dairy creamer
Non-dairy creamer is a manufactured product used to substitute for milk or cream in coffee, tea, and chocolate drinks, though standard versions often contain milk-derived sodium caseinate.
Noni juice
Noni juice, from Morinda citrifolia (Indian mulberry, cheese fruit), is a fermented tropical fruit drink marketed as a dietary supplement. Long used in Polynesian medicine and approved as an EU novel food, it shows antioxidant activity in vitro but no proven human health benefits, with liver and potassium cautions.
Nonpareils
Nonpareils, also called hundreds and thousands in the UK, are tiny round sugar-and-starch sprinkles about 1 mm across, distinct from jimmies, pearls, and dragees, and also name a chocolate-disc candy.
Noodle
Noodle (麵條, menrui): unleavened dough or starch strips cooked in boiling liquid, spanning Chinese mian, Japanese udon and soba, rice vermicelli, and glass noodles; distinguished from pasta by form and raw material, with 4,000-year-old millet noodles found at Lajia, China.
Norwegian butter crisis
The Norwegian butter crisis was a late-2011 butter shortage in Norway caused by rainy-summer milk shortfalls, low-carb diet demand, and high dairy import tariffs, with prices reportedly reaching €350 per 500-gram pack before a temporary duty cut.
Norwegian cuisine
Norwegian cuisine is the cooking tradition of Norway, rooted in self-sufficiency. It grew from the necessity of preserving seasonal surpluses of fish, grain, and meat in a marginal, cold climate.
Nougat
Nougat, also torrone, turrón, gaz: a Mediterranean confection of boiled sugar or honey syrup whipped with egg white and mixed with nuts; Montélimar nougat became an EU PGI in 2024.
Nouvelle cuisine
Nouvelle cuisine, the French culinary movement of the late 1960s and 1970s named by Henri Gault and theorized with Christian Millau in 1973, rejected Escoffier-era heavy sauces and long cooking for fresh produce, light sauces, and chef-authored plates, led by Bocuse, Guérard, and the Troisgros brothers.
Novvot
Novvot (navat, nabat, Persian nabāt) is Central Asian and Iranian rock candy: large sucrose crystals (99.75% sucrose, under 1% humidity) grown over three days on threads from boiled sugar syrup, typically served with tea.
NSF International
NSF International, formerly the National Sanitation Foundation, is a not-for-profit Ann Arbor, Michigan-based public health standards and certification body founded in 1944, unrelated to the U.S. National Science Foundation.
Nuka-Cola
Nuka-Cola is the fictional soft drink of the Fallout franchise, a parody of Coca-Cola invented in-universe in 2044 by Caleb Bradberton; its bottle caps became post-apocalyptic currency, and variants like Nuka-Cola Quantum inspired real Jones Soda products.
Nutella
Nutella, the Ferrero hazelnut-cocoa spread launched in 1964 from Pietro Ferrero's wartime Giandujot paste; seven ingredients including 13% hazelnuts and palm oil; sold in 170 countries, about 365,000 tonnes yearly, with RSPO-certified palm oil since 2013.
Nutri-Score
Nutri-Score is a five-level, color-coded front-of-pack nutrition label (A to E) developed by Santé publique France and introduced in France in 2017, now used voluntarily in several European countries, scoring foods per 100 g or 100 mL from nutrients to limit and recommended nutrients.
Nyotaimori (女体盛り)
Nyotaimori (女体盛り), or body sushi, is the Japanese practice of serving sashimi or sushi on a nude woman's body; male equivalent nantaimori. Stigmatized in Japan, marketed abroad as Japanese food culture, reinterpreted as art by NYOTAIMORI TOKYO since 2015.
Oak (wine)
Oak (wine): use of oak barrels, chips, or staves to age or ferment wine, adding vanilla, spice, and smoky aromas via toasting and microoxygenation; barriques hold 225 L, contrasting with inert stainless steel.
Oaxaca cheese
Oaxaca cheese, or quesillo, is a Mexican pasta filata (stretched-curd) cow's-milk cheese from Reyes Etla, Oaxaca, with fibrous string texture, mild acid flavor, and excellent melting; protected as Quesillo de Reyes Etla since 2025.
Ocado
Ocado (Ocado Group plc, LSE: OCDO) is a British technology and online grocery company founded in 2000. It runs Ocado Retail, a 50:50 M&S joint venture, and licenses its Ocado Smart Platform warehouse robotics to 15 grocery partners worldwide.
Oden (おでん)
Oden (おでん) is a Japanese winter simmered dish of tane such as daikon, konnyaku, chikuwabu, and fish cakes in katsuobushi-kombu dashi with soy sauce, descended from miso dengaku, sold per piece at konbini and oden-ya stalls.
Oenology
Oenology (enology) is the science of winemaking, paired with viticulture. Covers grape domestication origins, alcoholic and malolactic fermentation, OIV analytical standards, UC Davis research milestones, and modern AI benchmarking.
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster
Off Menu with Ed Gamble and James Acaster is a British food-comedy podcast in which guests order their dream meal at an imaginary restaurant; 120 million downloads, fifth place in UK reach, live Royal Albert Hall episodes.
Offal
Offal, also called variety meats or organ meats, is the edible non-skeletal-muscle parts of a slaughtered animal: liver, kidneys, heart, tripe, blood, and more, valued for nutrient density and central to many world cuisines.
Oh Henry!
Oh Henry! is a peanut, caramel, and fudge candy bar introduced in Chicago in 1920 by George Williamson, with disputed origins; Hershey makes the Canadian version, and Ferrara holds the US rights since 2018.
Okonomiyaki (お好み焼き)
Okonomiyaki (お好み焼き) is a Japanese savory griddle pancake of flour batter and cabbage, made mixed-in-batter in Kansai style and layered with noodles in Hiroshima style, descended from Edo mojiyaki and Taishō issen yōshoku.
Oktoberfest
Oktoberfest (Munich's Wiesn, Theresienwiese) is the world's largest folk festival, held 16 days from mid-September since 1810. 2026 marks its 191st edition, September 19 to October 4, opened by the mayor's keg-tapping at noon in the Schottenhamel tent.
Oktoberfest celebrations
Oktoberfest celebrations: the Munich Wiesn, world's largest folk festival, founded 1810 for Ludwig I's wedding, held on Theresienwiese; record 7.4 million visitors and 6.7 million Maß of beer in 2026.
Olam International
Olam International, the Singapore food and agri-business founded in 1989 trading Nigerian cashews, became Olam Group Limited (SGX: VC2) in 2022, re-organised into ofi, Olam Agri and OGH, and sold Olam Agri to SALIC.
Old Bay Seasoning
Old Bay Seasoning is a Baltimore-created Chesapeake Bay spice blend, invented in 1939 by German-Jewish immigrant Gustav Brunn, originally sold as Delicious Brand Shrimp and Crab Seasoning and renamed for the Old Bay Line steamship; McCormick has owned it since 1990.
Old Bushmills Distillery
The Old Bushmills Distillery, a 1784-founded whiskey distillery in Bushmills, County Antrim, Northern Ireland, makes Bushmills Irish Whiskey and brands itself the world's oldest licensed whiskey distillery on the strength of a 1608 district licence granted to Sir Thomas Phillips. Owned by Becle since 2015; triple-distilled single malt, 9 million litres capacity.
Old fashioned (cocktail)
The old fashioned is a whiskey cocktail of spirit, sugar, water, and bitters, matching the 1806 definition of "cocktail"; IBA spec 45 ml bourbon or rye, sugar cube, Angostura, stirred over ice, orange garnish.