0 a substance which is added to a mixture of food in order to stop the mixture from separating into different parts -- emulgator
Eggs and dairy produce: in painting, milk is used as an emulsifier while egg yolk is mixed with pigments to form a medium for distemper.
Intake of salt has risen and many foods now contain artificial additives as flavourings, preservatives and emulsifiers as well as herbicide, pesticide and detergent contaminants.
The industry can produce a wide range of products from non-inflammable and waterproof textiles to medicines, emulsifiers, plastics and so on.
For example, there may be no emulsifier or stabiliser added to flour under any circumstances.
This memorandum strongly recommended that the addition of substances of this nature—emulsifiers and stabilisers—should be brought under control.
The baking industry is using emulsifiers, usually in association with natural fats, to make the best use of the limited supply of fat available.
These stabilisers and emulsifiers may be used because they possess other properties.
I have recently circulated proposals on preservatives and emulsifiers and stabilisers which would add three new substances and delete four substances from the permitted list.
