Could you tell me what you call salt, sugar, soy sauce, ketchup, miso, pepper and so on as a whole? Do you call them "seasoning"?
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Could you tell me what you call salt, sugar, soy sauce, ketchup, miso, pepper and so on as a whole? Do you call them "seasoning"?
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As Alan Sutherland said, "condiments" - "a substance, such as salt, that you add to food to improve its taste" is one word. Another one is "flavoring" - "something that is added to food or drink to give it a particular taste".
There's a subtle difference between the three words (seasoning, flavoring and condiments):
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