Meaning of Adulterant | Babel Free

Definitions

That which adulterates, or reduces the purity of something.

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Examples

“With regard to the presence of opium in ale, it appears to form⟳ a very deleterious adulterant;”

“Potato-flour is the waste⟳ of potato after the starch and alcohol have⟳ been extracted; it has no more food value than so much wood, and as its use⟳ as a food adulterant is a penal offence in Europe, thousands of tons of it are shipped to America every year.”

“Once upon a time not so long ago, most of those chemical additives would have⟳ been deemed “adulterants” by the Food and Drug Administration. But after an all-out campaign of lobbying by the baking industry in the 1950s, the FDA liberalized its “standard of identity” for bread, permitting bakeries to add⟳ dozens of new additives to what had previously been a simple two- or three-ingredient food.”

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