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bulking agent

bulking agent noun: an additive that increases the bulk of a product, often food, without affecting its main characteristics, such as taste.

Noun

bulking agent (plural bulking agents)

  1. An additive that increases the bulk of a product, often food, without affecting its main characteristics, such as taste.
    • Common bulking agents include mannitol, lactose, sucrose, dextran, trehalose, and glycine. In protein formulations, bulking agents often play a dual role as both bulking agent and lyoprotector.2007, Eugene J. McNally, Jayne E. Hastedt, editors, Protein Formulation and Delivery, CRC Press, →ISBN, page 205

Forms of bulking agent

pluralbulking agents

Questions about bulking agent

What does bulking agent mean?
Bulking agent means an additive that increases the bulk of a product, often food, without affecting its main characteristics, such as taste.
What part of speech is bulking agent?
Bulking agent is a noun.
What is the plural of bulking agent?
The plural of bulking agent is bulking agents.

Words near bulking agent in the dictionary

  1. bulkiest
  2. bulkily
  3. bulkiness
  4. bulkinesses
  5. bulking
  6. bulking agent
  7. bulking agents
  8. bulking large
  9. bulking out
  10. bulking up
  11. bulkings

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