ingredient
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in·gre·di·ent
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ingredient
Any substance used in the manufacture or preparation of a foodstuff and still present in the finished product, even if in an altered form. Contaminants and adulterants are not considered to be ingredients.
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ingredient
noun
- One of the individual entities contributing to a whole: building block, component, constituent, element, factor, integrant, part. See part/whole.
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ingredient
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Ingredient
This article is about ingredients in general. For the documentary film, see Ingredients (film). For other uses, see The Main Ingredient (disambiguation).
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An ingredient is a substance that forms part of a mixture (in a general sense). For example, in cooking, recipes specify which ingredients are used to prepare a specific dish. Many commercial products contain a secret ingredient that is purported to make them better than competing products. In the pharmaceutical industry, an active ingredient is that part of a formulation that yields the effect required by the customer.
National laws usually require prepared food products to display a list of ingredients, and specifically require that certain additives be listed.
In most developed countries, the law requires that ingredients be listed according to their relative weight[1] in the product. If an ingredient itself consists of more than one ingredient (such as the cookie pieces which are a part of "cookies and cream" flavor ice cream), then that ingredient is listed by what percentage of the total product it occupies, with its own ingredients displayed next to it in brackets.
Artificial ingredient
An artificial ingredient usually refers to an ingredient which is artificial or man-made, such as:
- Artificial flavor
- Food additive
- Food coloring
- Preservative
- Sugar substitute, artificial sweetener
See also
References
- ^ "FDA: A Food Labeling Guide", April 2008.
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Ingredient
Dansk (Danish)
n. - ingrediens, bestanddel
Français (French)
n. - (Culin) ingrédient, (fig) élément
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συστατικό, μέρος του όλου
Italiano (Italian)
ingrediente
Português (Portuguese)
n. - ingrediente (m)
Русский (Russian)
составная часть
Español (Spanish)
n. - ingrediente
Svenska (Swedish)
n. - ingrediens, komponent, inslag
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
成分, 因素
中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 成分, 因素
한국어 (Korean)
n. - 성분, 재료, 구성요소
日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 成分, 原料, 構成要素
العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) مكون, أحد مكونات شيء ما
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - מרכיב, יסוד
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