pabulum

n. source of nourishment for plants or animals (generally regarding lower life forms); food; intellectual nourishment (often of dull or banal content)

Pablum is a processed cereal for infants originally marketed by the Mead Johnson Company in 1931. The trademarked name is a contracted form of the Latin word , meaning "foodstuff".
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Noun
1. any substance that can be used as food
(synonym) comestible, edible, eatable, victual, victuals
(hypernym) food, nutrient
(hyponym) tuck
2. insipid intellectual nourishment
(hypernym) food, food for thought, intellectual nourishment

(n.)
The means of nutriment to animals or plants; food; nourishment; hence, that which feeds or sustains, as fuel for a fire; that upon which the mind or soul is nourished; as, intellectual pabulum.
  

N
fodder| forage| food for cattle; food/sustenance; fuel (for fire)