0 present participle of emulsify
1 If two liquids emulsify or are emulsified, they combine and become a smooth mixture.
Intestinal bacteria are generally tolerant of the emulsifying properties of bile, so it is therefore commonly used to differentiate these bacteria from other species.
This enables water to wet surfaces that are normally water-repellent, dissolving substances that are normally insoluble in water and emulsifying substances that do not normally mix with water.
I am told that these emulsifying agents are chemical salts and usually consist of di-sodium phosphate, sodium citrate or a combination of similar salts.
An egg yolk has a high concentration of lecthins- which are commercially important as an emulsifying agent in products such as mayonnaise.
In the food industry they are used as thickening agents, gelling agents, emulsifying agents, and stabilizers.
Oleic acid as its sodium salt is a major component of soap as an emulsifying agent.
The seed flour is a traditional emulsifying, flavouring and thickening agent used to prepare cakes, bread, couscous, baby food and local beer.
The food industry exploits their gelling, water-retention, emulsifying and other physical properties.
