A characterizing ingredient is the main ingredient in a dish that gives it its character. For example, a chicken noodle casserole would have chicken as its characterizing ingredient; peanut butter would be the characterizing ingredient in peanut butter cookies.
Depending on its context, there are several synonyms for 'distinguishing'. Try these: identifying, characterising, differentiating, discerning, recognising, separating
Main ingredient is starch
an ingredient in gunpowder is sulphur
the ingredient that you dont know. it varys
the active ingredient is DEET
Oxycodone is the active ingredient .
The shake's main ingredient is milk.
No it is not. Ingredient is a noun (a part of a mix or concoction).
The main ingredient in yoghurt is milk.
The Third Ingredient was created in 1908.
the active ingredient is sildenafil citrate