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An emulifier is a substance that allows the easy blending of liquid substances that normally don't mix, or mix easily. Oils, for example, and fats don't mix well in the acidic, water-based, digestive juices produced in the stomach.

Bile, produced in the liver, stored in the gall bladder and released through the bile duct into the duodenum as fatty foods pass through, is an important emulsifier for fats and oils in the digestive system. It has properties very much like liquid dish detergent soap, and breaks down fats 'clumps' into much smaller molecules which are then broken down further, or absorbed through the intestinal villi.

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