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McVitie's
McVitie's is a British biscuit brand founded in Edinburgh in the 1830s, famous for the 1892 Digestive, Hobnobs, Rich Tea and Jaffa Cakes, royal wedding cakes, and ownership by pladis (Yıldız Holding) since 2016.
MDH (spice company)
MDH (Mahashian Di Hatti Private Limited) is India's second-biggest packaged spice company after Everest, founded in 1919 in Sialkot and rebuilt in Delhi after Partition; known for 62 masala blends, the 'Dadaji' ads, and 2024 ethylene oxide export scrutiny.
Mead
Mead: alcoholic beverage made by fermenting diluted honey with yeast, also called honey wine or hydromel. Typically 8–18% ABV; styles include traditional mead, melomel, metheglin, cyser, pyment, and braggot; one of the oldest fermented drinks.
Meadow Walker
Meadow Walker (Meadow Rain Walker Thornton-Allan, born 1998) is an American model, daughter of Fast & Furious actor Paul Walker. Opened Givenchy AW21, walked Balenciaga and Acne Studios, and leads the Paul Walker Foundation for ocean conservation.
Meal
A meal is an occasion for eating at a set time, or the food eaten then, typically breakfast, lunch, and dinner, with smaller occasions called snacks.
Meal, Ready-to-Eat
Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE) is the US Armed Forces' standard self-contained shelf-stable field ration, in retort pouches since 1981, about 1,250 kcal per meal with a flameless ration heater since 1992.
Meals on Wheels
Meals on Wheels: international network of local programs delivering nutritious meals to homebound older adults and people with disabilities, with safety checks and social contact; originated in WWII Britain, first US program in Philadelphia, 1954.
Meat dress of Lady Gaga
The meat dress of Lady Gaga: a raw flank-steak outfit by Franc Fernandez and Nicola Formichetti worn at the 2010 MTV VMAs to protest "Don't Ask, Don't Tell", later taxidermied and displayed in Las Vegas.
Meat pie
Meat pie is food made with meat, vegetables, or fruit covered in pastry. It is a national dish in Australia and a traditional item in Greece and Quebec.
Meat Products
Meat products are manufactured foods made from animal carcass portions, such as sausage, ham, and head cheese. Defined by MeSH, regulated by USDA/FDA, preserved by curing, smoking, drying, and fermentation; processed meat is an IARC Group 1 carcinogen.
Meatball
Meatball: small ball of ground meat with binders and seasonings, known worldwide as polpette, köttbullar, köfte, and bakso; USDA requires cooking to 160 degrees F for safety.
Meatloaf
Meatloaf (also meat loaf) is a baked dish of ground meat bound with breadcrumbs, egg, and seasonings, molded in a loaf shape. American staple peaked in the 1950s; first US recipe late 1870s; USDA safe temperature 160 °F.
Mechanically separated meat
Mechanically separated meat, also called mechanically recovered meat, is a paste-like meat product made by forcing bones with edible meat through a sieve under high pressure.
Medical glove
Medical gloves: disposable examination, surgical, and chemotherapy gloves regulated as FDA Class I devices. Invented 1890 by Halsted for nurse Caroline Hampton; powdered gloves banned in 2016.
Medieval cuisine
Medieval cuisine is the food and eating culture of Europe from the 5th to the 15th century, strongly shaped by social rank, religious fasting, and grain staples.
Medieval Times
Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament: Spanish-founded (1973, Majorca) dinner theater chain with ten US and Canada castles; first North American castle in Kissimmee, Florida, December 1983; four-course hands-on banquet plus jousting, sword fighting, and falconry show.
Mediterranean cuisine
Mediterranean cuisine, the cooking of countries around the Mediterranean Sea (Italy, Greece, Spain, Turkey, Morocco, Lebanon, Egypt), shares olive oil, wheat, grapes, fresh seasonal ingredients, and communal meals; UNESCO-listed since 2010.
Meesho
Meesho (Meesho Limited, formerly Fashnear Technologies) is India's largest e-commerce marketplace by Annual Transacting Users and Placed Orders. Founded December 2015 by Vidit Aatrey and Sanjeev Barnwal, it uses a zero-commission seller model, the Valmo logistics platform, and listed via a $603 million IPO in 2025.
Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel
PM MITRA (Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel), also called PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel Parks, is India's Ministry of Textiles scheme for seven integrated textile mega-parks in seven states with Rs 4,445 crore outlay, 5F farm-to-foreign vision, and SPV-based PPP delivery.
Megan Young
Megan Young (Megan Lynne Talde Young), Filipina-American actress and TV host, won Miss World 2013 in Bali, the first Filipina to take the title, later co-hosted Miss World 2024 in Mumbai.
Mehndi
Mehndi (henna body art) is temporary skin decoration using Lawsonia inermis paste, whose lawsone dye stains hands and feet reddish-brown for one to three weeks; distinguished from unsafe PPD-based black henna.
Meissen porcelain
Meissen porcelain: hard-paste porcelain from the Meissen manufactory near Dresden, founded 1710 by Augustus the Strong; first made in Europe in 1708 by Boettger and Tschirnhaus using Saxon kaolin; crossed-swords mark since 1722.
Mekhela chador
Mekhela chador (মেখেলা চাদৰ) is the traditional two-piece dress of Assamese women: a skirt-like mekhela and a draped chador, worn at Bihu, weddings, and ceremonies.
Mel and Sue
Mel and Sue are a British comedy double act of Mel Giedroyc and Sue Perkins, the original hosts of The Great British Bake Off from 2010 to 2016.
Melisa Aslı Pamuk
Melisa Aslı Pamuk, Dutch-born Turkish actress and model (born 1991, Haarlem), Miss Turkey 2011 who represented Turkey at Miss Universe 2011, known for Kara Sevda and Çarpışma, married to Yusuf Yazıcı.
Melissa Leong
Melissa Leong is an Australian food writer and TV host, MasterChef Australia's first female and first Asian Australian judge (2020-2023, with Zonfrillo and Allen), later co-judge of Dessert Masters with Amaury Guichon; distinct from the Toronto-based finance author of the same name.
Melissa Satta
Melissa Satta, Italian showgirl, model, and TV presenter born in Boston in 1986 to Sardinian parents; velina on Striscia la notizia 2005-2008, Tiki Taka co-presenter, ex-wife of Kevin-Prince Boateng, host of the podcast The Long Game.
Mello Yello
Mello Yello is a citrus-flavored, caffeinated soft drink introduced by The Coca-Cola Company in 1979 to compete with Mountain Dew; sold mainly in the US Midwest and Southeast in Original and Zero Sugar versions, with about 51 mg caffeine per 12 fl oz can.
Melyssa Ford
Melyssa Savannah Ford, Canadian media personality and former video vixen born 1976 in Toronto; discovered by Little X in 1997; known for Jay-Z's "Big Pimpin'", Bravo's Blood, Sweat & Heels, and the Joe Budden Podcast and Hot & Bothered shows.
Menhera (メンヘラ)
Menhera (メンヘラ) is Japanese internet slang from "mental health" + "-er", coined on 2channel's mental health board in August 2000; now a derogatory label for unstable people, a character archetype, and a yami-kawaii fashion subculture.