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  2. List of food additives - Wikipedia

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    Additives are used for many purposes but the main uses are: Acids Food acids are added to make flavors "sharper", and also act as preservatives and antioxidants. Common food acids include vinegar, citric acid, tartaric acid, malic acid, folic acid, fumaric acid, and lactic acid. Acidity regulators

  3. Surfactant - Wikipedia

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    Surfactants are usually organic compounds that are akin to amphiphilic, which means that this molecule, being as double-agent, each contains a hydrophilic "water-seeking" group (the head), and a hydrophobic "water-avoiding" group (the tail). [9] As a result, a surfactant contains both a water-soluble component and a water-insoluble component.

  4. Detergent - Wikipedia

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    Detergents. A detergent is a surfactant or a mixture of surfactants with cleansing properties when in dilute solutions. [1] There are a large variety of detergents, a common family being the alkylbenzene sulfonates, which are soap-like compounds that are more soluble in hard water, because the polar sulfonate (of detergents) is less likely than the polar carboxylate (of soap) to bind to ...

  5. Sugar alcohol - Wikipedia

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    Sugar alcohols can be, and often are, produced from renewable resources.Particular feedstocks are starch, cellulose and hemicellulose; the main conversion technologies use H 2 as the reagent: hydrogenolysis, i.e. the cleavage of C−O single bonds, converting polymers to smaller molecules, and hydrogenation of C=O double bonds, converting sugars to sugar alcohols.

  6. Food additive - Wikipedia

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    [5] [8] In order for a novel food additive to be approved, a food additive approval petition must be submitted to the FDA. [1] The identity of the ingredient, the proposed use in the food system, the technical effect of the ingredient, a method of analysis for the ingredient in foods, information on the manufacturing process, and full safety ...

  7. Solubility table - Wikipedia

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    The tables below provides information on the variation of solubility of different substances (mostly inorganic compounds) in water with temperature, at one atmosphere pressure. Units of solubility are given in grams of substance per 100 millilitres of water (g/(100 mL)), unless shown otherwise. The substances are listed in alphabetical order.

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  9. Speciality chemicals - Wikipedia

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    Food additives: Substances added to food products to enhance their taste, texture, appearance, or preservation. Personal care ingredients: Chemicals used in the formulation of cosmetics, toiletries, and other personal care products, such as emulsifiers, surfactants, and moisturizing agents.