The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word YOGURT
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result YOGURT
- The solver's breakfast finally includes good dairy product
- Cultured fare elevated spirit in Turkic abode
- Solver’s time to swallow good dairy product
- Run back inside tent for food
- Most of solvers are tense about good food
- Food basket extremely oily when upset
- Gouty, poorly, accepting recipe for healthy food?
- Cultural fare, knocking back spirit in tent
- Intent to try returning dairy product
- Move back inside tent for healthy breakfast
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The straight part
We know that "food" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case food = yogurt.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does YOGURT mean?
YOGURT noun- A milk-based product stiffened by a bacterium-aided curdling process, and sometimes mixed with fruit or other flavoring.
- (especially in compounds) Any similar product based on other substances (e.g. soy yogurt).