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bulking agents

bulking agents is the plural of bulking agent.

Meaning of bulking agent

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

Questions about bulking agents

What is bulking agents the plural of?
Bulking agents is the plural of bulking agent.

Words near bulking agents in the dictionary

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

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