Foods That Start With R

35 foods Food and drink Checked 9 Oct 2026

Here are 35 foods that start with R, 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.

R gives about thirty-five foods, from simple rice and rolls to dishes like risotto and ravioli. Color words help too, since onion, cabbage and pepper all appear here with red in front. Raspberry, raisin and rhubarb are the main fruit picks.

Ramen is a Japanese noodle soup, ricotta is a soft Italian cheese, and rutabaga is a large yellow root related to the turnip. Rock candy, sugar crystals grown on a string, is a fun science project as well as a sweet. Roast beef and rainbow trout bring a hearty main course.

Foods starting with R: 35
Best known: roll, rice
Longest name: rainbow trout

Best-known foods that start with R

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

roll
rice
rosemary
raspberry
relish
raisin
rhubarb
risotto
ravioli
rock candy
radish
ricotta
red pepper
romaine
red onion
roast beef
rainbow trout
red cabbage
rye bread
rolled oats
ramen
rice pudding
rutabaga

All foods that start with R

#	Name	What it is
1	rabbit	flesh of any of various rabbits or hares (wild or domesticated) eaten as food
2	radish	pungent fleshy edible root
3	rainbow trout	flesh of Pacific trout that migrate from salt to fresh water
4	raisin	dried grape
5	ramen	Japanese noodle soup in a rich broth
6	raspberry	red or black edible aggregate berries usually smaller than the related blackberries
7	ravioli	small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings
8	red cabbage	compact head of purplish-red leaves
9	red onion	flat mild onion having purplish tunics; used as garnish on hamburgers and salads
10	red pepper	ground pods and seeds of pungent red peppers of the genus Capsicum
11	relish	spicy or savory condiment
12	rhubarb	long pinkish sour leafstalks usually eaten cooked and sweetened
13	rib roast	a cut of meat (beef or venison) including more than one rib and the meat located along the outside of the ribs
14	rice	grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
15	rice pudding	sweet creamy pudding made from rice and milk
16	ricotta	soft Italian cheese like cottage cheese
17	risotto	rice cooked with broth and sprinkled with grated cheese
18	roast	a piece of meat roasted or for roasting and of a size for slicing into more than one portion
19	roast beef	cut of beef suitable for roasting
20	roast lamb	a cut of lamb suitable for roasting
21	roast pork	cut of pork suitable for roasting
22	rock cake	a small cake with a hard surface said to resemble a rock
23	rock candy	sugar in large hard clear crystals on a string
24	rock lobster	warm-water lobsters without claws
25	roe	fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
26	roll	small rounded bread either plain or sweet
27	rolled oats	meal made from rolled or ground oats
28	romaine	lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head
29	rosemary	extremely pungent leaves used fresh or dried as seasoning for especially meats
30	round steak	a lean cut of beef from between the rump and the shank
31	roux	a mixture of fat and flour heated and used as a basis for sauces
32	runner bean	long bean pods usually sliced into half-inch lengths; a favorite in Britain
33	rusk	slice of sweet raised bread baked again until it is brown and hard and crisp
34	rutabaga	large yellow root vegetable related to the turnip
35	rye bread	any of various breads made entirely or partly with rye flour

Short foods with R

roll
rice
ramen
roast
roe
roux
rusk

Questions people ask

How many foods start with R?

This list has 35 foods starting with R, from well-known ones like roll, rice, rosemary to rarer kinds.

What foods start with R?

Well-known examples are roll, rice, rosemary, raspberry, relish, raisin, rhubarb, risotto.

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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