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buffering agent
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buffering agent [′bəf·ə·riŋ ‚a·jənt]
(food engineering)
A chemical, such as lactic, citric, or acetic acid or the sodium salts of various acids, added to processed food to adjust and regulate its pH.


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Other components of equal importance are proprietary stabilizers, chelating agents and buffering agents.
In 1915, aspirin came onto the over-the-counter drug market, and today there is a huge variety of pain relievers that are spinoffs of aspirin, many offering buffering agents to protect against the still troublesome stomach side effects.
Specifications for Identity and Purity of Food Additives: Anticaking Agents, Buffering Agents, Salts, Emulsifiers, Enzymes, Extraction Solvents, Flavouring Agents, and Miscellaneous Food Additives: 28th Session of the Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives, Rome, March 1984.
 
 
 
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