Even when using “excessive” you can infer the overall meaning to be “excessively tasty food”. Unlike “junk food” the former doesn’t confer negativity - in fact

Even when using “excessive” you can infer the overall meaning to be “excessively tasty food”. Unlike “junk food” the former doesn’t confer negativity - in fact the opposite. Who doesn’t want excessively tasty food? And excessively tasty food isn’t necessarily bad for you. It’s pear season and the fruits are excessively palatable - but they’re not unhealthy.