This is a list of common foods starting with the letter A. The list is dominated by fruit and vegetables like Apple, Artichoke, Avocado, and Asparagus.
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Foods beginning with A a
| Food Name | Food Description |
| Almond | Almond kernels |
| Amino acid or creatine drink | Beverage prepared from amino acid powder or creatine powder and a mixture of milk and water. |
| Amino acid or creatine powder | Powdered product intended to be mixed with liquid before consumption, consisting of isolated amino acids or other nitrogen rich compounds such as creatine monohydrate, where these products are not supplied as therapeutic goods. |
| Anchovy | Anchovy fillets preserved by canning in edible oil (including olive and soy oils) and salt, then drained. |
| Antipasto | A mix of pickled vegetables such as mushrooms, olives, artichokes, sundried tomatoes, capsicum and eggplant, cured meats such as salami and prosciutto, and cheese such as bocconcini, parmesan and fetta. |
| Apple | Round shaped fruit with red or green skin and cream coloured flesh. |
| Apricot | Small, orange coloured stone fruit. |
| Artichoke | The unopened flower bud of a thistle with gold-green to purple coloured leaves surrounding a hairy inedible choke, on top of an edible heart. Round to conical in shape. Edible portion comprises lower part of leaves and heart. Uncooked. |
| Artichoke heart | Central edible portion of the unopened flower bud, with tightly wrapped leaves gold-green to purple in colour. Canned in brine and drained. |
| Asparagus | Long crisp green stem with a fragile feathery tip. Uncooked. |
| Avocado | Almost pear shaped, with a green to black shiny skin and a delicate yellow flesh with a green outer hue. |
To find more foods with names starting with the letter A, use our Food Search Box or see the information in Wikipedia’s food page.