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fast food

food prepared and served quickly
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Summary

fast food is a type of food or dish[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of type of food or dish entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (7,482 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: industry[3], dietary style[4]
  • Made from material: convenience food[5]
  • Subclass of: dish[6], human food[7]
  • Commons category: Fast food[8]
  • Opposite of: Slow Food[9]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Fast food[10]
  • OpenStreetMap tag: amenity=fast_food[11]
  • Different from: food truck[12]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[13]

Why It Matters

fast food has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[14] It is known by 78 alternative names across languages and contexts.[15]

It has been cited as an influence by indomie[16], a food brand[17], in Indonesia[18], founded in 1972[19], headquartered in Surulere[20].

FAQs

Who did fast food influence?

fast food has been cited as an influence by indomie[16].

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References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [20] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [14] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [15] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7w ago · Lucidieaux · 2026-08-21 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14692 → Q6961
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  2. 13w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14541 → 4BJsD3
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