Common Mistakes : Food

Food- Noun

BAD: The child was caught stealing foods

GOOD: The child was caught stealing food

BAD: It is a disgrace to serve such a poor food

GOOD: It is a disgrace to serve such poor food

Food is nearly always uncountable: ‘We need to go out and buy some food.’ It is countable only when it refers to a particular kind of food: ‘baby foods’, ‘health foods