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colour retention agent

colour retention agent noun: any compound added to a food product in order to retain or enhance its colour during storage or cooking.

Noun

colour retention agent (plural colour retention agents)

  1. Any compound added to a food product in order to retain or enhance its colour during storage or cooking.

Forms of colour retention agent

pluralcolour retention agents

Questions about colour retention agent

What does colour retention agent mean?
Colour retention agent means any compound added to a food product in order to retain or enhance its colour during storage or cooking.
What part of speech is colour retention agent?
Colour retention agent is a noun.
What is the plural of colour retention agent?
The plural of colour retention agent is colour retention agents.

Words near colour retention agent in the dictionary

  1. colour of someone's money
  2. colour outside the lines
  3. colour pencil
  4. colour pencils
  5. colour proud
  6. colour retention agent
  7. colour retention agents
  8. colour revolution
  9. colour revolutions
  10. colour scheme
  11. colour schemes

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