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Thickening agent
noun
Any substance used to increase viscosity, especially of a food product
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Hydraulic fracturing fluid is mainly water, with small amounts of thickening agent added – usually guar, the same thickening agent used in making ice cream.
In toothpaste, glycerin is used as a thickening agent.
The main ingredient is maltodextrin, the thickening agent mentioned earlier.
A little flour works as a thickening agent.
Napalm is simply gasoline mixed with some sort of thickening agent.
Most nut milks also contain carrageenan, a seaweed extract that's used as a thickening agent.
Jamie is allergic to all nuts, as well as citrus fruit and pectin (a natural thickening agent used in jams and jelly sweets).
A. You should choose a thickening agent according to the method with which you are preparing your gravy or sauce, and whether you plan to reheat it later.
This paper presents a novel clean hydraulic fracturing fluid using a star-dendritic polymer as thickening agent.
With the dispersion of thickening agent, viscosity rapidly increases.
It is virtually tasteless and is used as a thickening agent.
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