Foods That Start With F

33 foods Food and drink Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 33 foods that start with F, 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.

F holds around thirty foods, and fish leads a big group of them: fish stick, fish cake, fish ball and flounder. Fries, fried rice and a fried egg bring the comfort-food side, while fudge, frozen yogurt and fortune cookie handle dessert.

Several F dishes come from Italian kitchens, such as fettuccine and focaccia. Falafel, made from mashed chickpeas or fava beans, and fajita, strips of grilled meat in tortillas, add variety. Fig and fennel are simple single words for spelling practice with young readers.

Foods starting with F: 33
Best known: fish, fig
Longest name: farmer's cheese

Best-known foods that start with F

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

fish
fig
flour
fudge
fish stick
fish cake
fennel
flounder
frankfurter
fruit salad
falafel
fortune cookie
fried egg
fried rice
french fries
frozen yogurt
fajita
fettuccine
focaccia
fondue
french toast

All foods that start with F

#	Name	What it is
1	fajita	strips of grilled meat and peppers served in tortillas
2	falafel	small croquette of mashed chick peas or fava beans seasoned with sesame seeds
3	farina	fine meal made from cereal grain especially wheat; often used as a cooked cereal or in puddings
4	farmer's cheese	mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk
5	fennel	aromatic bulbous stem base eaten cooked or raw in salads
6	fettuccine	flat ribbon-shaped pasta noodles
7	fig	fleshy sweet pear-shaped yellowish or purple multiple fruit eaten fresh or preserved or dried
8	fillet	a boneless steak cut from the tenderloin of beef
9	fish	the flesh of fish used as food
10	fish ball	well-seasoned balls of ground fish and eggs and crushed crumbs simmered in fish stock
11	fish cake	a fried ball or patty of flaked fish and mashed potatoes
12	fish stew	a stew made with fish
13	fish stick	a long fillet of fish breaded and fried
14	flank steak	a cut of beef from the flank of the animal
15	flounder	flesh of any of various American and European flatfish
16	flour	fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain
17	focaccia	flat Italian bread topped with olive oil and herbs
18	fondue	melted cheese or chocolate for dipping food into
19	fortune cookie	thin folded wafer containing a maxim on a slip of paper
20	frankfurter	a smooth-textured sausage of minced beef or pork usually smoked; often served on a bread roll
21	french fries	strips of potato fried in deep fat
22	french toast	bread dipped in egg and milk then fried
23	fried egg	eggs cooked by sauteing in oil or butter; sometimes turned and cooked on both sides
24	fried rice	boiled rice mixed with scallions and minced pork or shrimp and quickly scrambled with eggs
25	frog legs	hind legs of frogs used as food; resemble chicken and cooked as chicken
26	frozen custard	dessert resembling ice cream but with a boiled custard base
27	frozen yogurt	a soft frozen dessert of sweetened flavored yogurt
28	fruit bar	cookies containing chopped fruits either mixed in the dough or spread between layers of dough then baked and cut in bars
29	fruit cocktail	a mixture of sliced or diced fruits
30	fruit salad	salad composed of fruits
31	fry bread	usually cooked in a skillet over an open fire: especially cornbread with ham bits and sometimes Irish soda bread
32	fudge	soft creamy candy
33	fudge sauce	thick chocolate sauce served hot

Short foods with F

fish
fig
flour
fudge

Questions people ask

How many foods start with F?

This list has 33 foods starting with F, from well-known ones like fish, fig, flour to rarer kinds.

What foods start with F?

Well-known examples are fish, fig, flour, fudge, fish stick, fish cake, fennel, flounder.

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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