Food preferences · Food and eating

dietary requirements

food needs or limits

Dietary requirements are the foods someone needs to eat or avoid for health, belief or choice.

B2 common speech & writing

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This vs that

I need to avoid or have certain foods

I have dietary requirements.

I simply like some foods more than others

I have food preferences.

Hear it in real life

Do you have any dietary requirements?

Yes, I'm allergic to peanuts, so I need to avoid them completely.

Play the conversation

Please let us know about any dietary requirements when you book the meal.

Which sounds natural?

Psst — which one would you actually say?

The mistake everyone makes

Not: I have a dietary requirements because I don't eat meat.

Say: I have dietary requirements because I don't eat meat.

Use the plural noun without 'a' when referring to food needs generally.

Say it together

Whole chunks natives use with it.

have dietary requirements

Do any of the guests have dietary requirements?

I have dietary requirements because I can't eat gluten.

More for talking about food preferences.

I'm craving ___

I'm craving something spicy tonight.

I'm not fussed about ___

I'm not fussed about dessert, thanks.

Food and eating · Food preferences: the words around “dietary requirements”.

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Your turn: say it out loud

Do you have any dietary requirements?

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

dietary requirements

food needs or limits

“Please let us know about any dietary requirements when you book the meal.”

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