Junk Food

Please could anyone give me a good translation into French of the term "junk food", used for foods of no or little nutritional value, e.g. coka cola and fizzy drinks, crisps, McDonald's, etc,? Thanks for your help.

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Permalink Reply by Erwan on April 13, 2011 at 4:49pm

The word "junk food" is sometimes used in French but you can often meet "malbouffe" (this word designate the fact of eating junk food) or "nourriture de mauvaise qualité" (this one is more formal)

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Permalink Reply by yong leong on April 13, 2011 at 9:45pm

I thought junk food was " les nourritures industrielle"

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Permalink Reply by c noel on April 14, 2011 at 9:30pm

i have often heard some young people say things like :

"elle mange trop de cochonneries" which, I think, is like saying she eats too much rubbish/junk

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Permalink Reply by Erwan on April 15, 2011 at 10:43am

In this type of phrase, "cochonneries" is used for candy bar,ice cream, Mc Donald's,... In fact this concerns all fat-products not really necessary to our alimentation.