Foods That Start With A

21 foods Food and drink Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 21 foods that start with A, each with a one-line description so you can tell what it is. The best-known ones come first, then the full list in A to Z order.

Apples rule the A page. Besides the plain fruit, you will find apple pie, apple butter, applesauce, apple crisp and apple turnover, so a quick answer is always close. The list has about two dozen entries in all, mixing fruits, vegetables, nuts and baked treats.

For younger children, apple, avocado and almond are easy wins. Older players can reach for artichoke, arugula or acorn squash, which score well in games where common answers are crossed out. Alphabet soup is a fun pick, since the noodles are shaped like letters.

Foods starting with A: 21
Best known: apple, avocado
Longest name: apple turnover

Best-known foods that start with A

The ones most people will recognise, good for school lists, quizzes and games.

apple
avocado
asparagus
apricot
angel cake
apple butter
appetizer
artichoke
apple pie
applesauce
apple turnover
alphabet soup
acorn squash
almond
anchovy
apple crisp
arugula

All foods that start with A

#	Name	What it is
1	acorn squash	small ridged winter squash with sweet orange flesh
2	almond	oval edible nut with a mild sweet flavor
3	almond cookie	very rich cookie containing ground almonds; usually crescent-shaped
4	almond extract	flavoring made from almonds macerated in alcohol
5	alphabet soup	soup that contains small noodles in the shape of letters of the alphabet
6	anchovy	small salty fish used on pizza and in sauces
7	angel cake	a light sponge cake made without egg yolks
8	anise	liquorice-flavored seeds, used medicinally and in cooking and liquors
9	appetizer	food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course)
10	apple	fruit with red or yellow or green skin and sweet to tart crisp whitish flesh
11	apple butter	thick dark spicy puree of apples
12	apple crisp	baked apples topped with a crumbly oat topping
13	apple jelly	jelly made from apple juice
14	apple pie	pie (with a top crust) containing sliced apples and sugar
15	apple turnover	turnover with an apple filling
16	applesauce	puree of stewed apples usually sweetened and spiced
17	apricot	downy yellow to rosy-colored fruit resembling a small peach
18	artichoke	a thistlelike flower head with edible fleshy leaves and heart
19	arugula	peppery green salad leaf
20	asparagus	edible young shoots of the asparagus plant
21	avocado	a pear-shaped tropical fruit with green or blackish skin and rich yellowish pulp enclosing a single large seed

Short foods with A

apple
anise

Questions people ask

How many foods start with A?

This list has 21 foods starting with A, from well-known ones like apple, avocado, asparagus to rarer kinds.

What foods start with A?

Well-known examples are apple, avocado, asparagus, apricot, angel cake, apple butter, appetizer, artichoke.

Source: Princeton WordNet, a public dictionary database, reviewed by our editors to keep only clear, real members of the list. Meanings are short dictionary glosses.

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