The phrase "alter ingredients" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing changes made to the components of a recipe or mixture.
Example: "To create a healthier version of the dish, you can alter ingredients such as using olive oil instead of butter."
Alternatives: "modify ingredients" or "change ingredients".
In general, compounding pharmacies mix or alter ingredients to make custom medications to fit the needs of an individual patient.
Drugs made by compounders — who mix or alter ingredients to create customized medicine for a specific patient — are rarely tested, unless someone is harmed or a complaint is filed.
Compounding pharmacies combine, mix or alter ingredients of a drug to create prescription medication suited to individual patients.
IN Europe, foods made from genetically altered ingredients are called "Frankenfoods".
Grocers, too, are moving to offer consumers more products free of genetically altered ingredients.
Oregon voters also appeared to reject an initiative that would have required foods bearing genetically altered ingredients to be labeled.
The European Parliament approved legislation last week to require strict labels on food and feed made with genetically altered ingredients.
Deborah Foster, the director of corporate communications for the H. J. Heinz Company, said any baby foods produced after the first of this year would not contain genetically altered ingredients.
A second Oregon proposal, to require the labeling of food products that contain genetically altered ingredients, was trounced by a similar margin.
The treaty also does not address whether food containing genetically altered ingredients, like corn flakes made with bio-engineered corn, should be labeled as such on store shelves.
The company said a survey of its customers found that almost 80percentt said they would not knowingly buy food containing altered ingredients.
