This is a list of common foods starting with the letter L. You could eat a healthy balanced diet with nothing but L foods like Lamb, Lentils, Lasagna, Lettuce, and Lychee.
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Foods beginning with L l
Food Name | Food Description |
Lamb | Raw internal and external separable fat from 11 different cuts from various regions of the carcase. |
Lard | Purified fat rendered from the carcass of pigs. |
Lasagne (Lasagna) | Home prepared pasta dish made from layers of pasta, bolognese sauce without added vegetables, savoury white cheese sauce and cheese (typically cheddar/mozzarella/parmesan). |
Lecithin | Phospholipid-rich granular extract of soy beans, often used in baking and as an emulsifier, as purchased from supermarkets for domestic use. |
Leek | Long and cylindrical in shape, with thick white stalks and green fan-shaped leaves. Uncooked. |
Legumes | A mix of chick peas, kidney beans, cannellini beans for use in homemade soup records that contain legumes. |
Lemon | Tart citrus fruit, with a yellow rind and pulp. |
Lemon butter | Sweet custard-type spread that is flavoured and coloured with lemon juice and lemon peel, and sugar. |
Lemon peel | The peel (Limonis Cortex) and the rind (flavedo) of fresh lemons. |
Lentil | Three types of uncooked, skinned and split lentils, labelled as being red, brown or green lentils. |
Lettuce | Green, crisp, elongated leaves, tightly wrapped to form an elongated head. Uncooked. |
Licorice | Aniseed flavoured confectionery covered in a layer of milk chocolate. |
Lime | Oval fruit with light greenish-yellow pulp when ripe. |
Ling | Raw ling with or without skin. |
Liqueur | Alcoholic beverage prepared from brandy and egg yolks. |
Lobster or crayfish | Flesh from lobsters cooked whole in water or steam prior to purchase so that the lobster is red in colour. |
Lollipop or chupa chup | Hard confectionery made from sugars, food acid, flavours and colours such as barley sugar and made into a lollipop. |
Lolly | Hard confectionery made from sugars, food acid, flavours and colours such as barley sugar. |
Loquat | Small round fruit, also known as Japanese Medlar; Nispero. |
Lychee | Small round to oval shaped fruit with a scaly reddish to reddish-brown skin and off-white flesh. |
To find more foods with names starting with the letter L, use our Food Search Box or see the information in Wikipedia’s food page. Most of the food information on this page was sourced from FSANZ.