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A humectant is a hygroscopic substance. It is often a molecule with several hydrophilic groups, most often hydroxyl groups, but amines and carboxyl groups, sometimes esterified ...
updated 2010-07-17 10:15:56
Maltodextrin is a polysaccharide that is used as a food additive. It is produced from starch by partial hydrolysis and is usually found as a creamy-white hygroscopic spraydried powder ...
updated 2010-07-17 14:30:17
Sodium nitrite, with chemical formula NaNO2, is used as a color fixative and preservative in meats and fish. When pure, it is a white to slight yellowish ...
updated 2010-07-17 22:13:02
A sweet, golden, viscous liquid, honey has been used for centuries as a natural sweetener and health remedy. In Eva Crane's book "The Archaeology of Beekeeping," it is stated ...