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EMULSIFIER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A surface-active agent that promotes the formation of an emulsion
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("emulsifier" is a kind of...):
surface-active agent; surfactant; wetter; wetting agent (a chemical agent capable of reducing the surface tension of a liquid in which it is dissolved)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "emulsifier"):
lecithin (a yellow phospholipid essential for the metabolism of fats; found in egg yolk and in many plant and animal cells; used commercially as an emulsifier)
Derivation:
emulsify (form into or become an emulsion)
emulsify (cause to become an emulsion; make into an emulsion)
Context examples:
Dietary emulsifiers are added to many processed foods to improve texture and extend shelf life.
(Food Additives Alter Gut Microbes, Cause Diseases in Mice, NIH)
When the scientists fed emulsifiers to germ-free mice, which don’t have gut microbiota, these effects didn’t appear.
(Food additives promote inflammation, colon cancer in mice, National Institutes of Health)
Scientists previously found that mice fed low levels of common dietary emulsifiers developed altered gut microbiota and a thinned mucus barrier protecting the lining of their intestines.
(Food additives promote inflammation, colon cancer in mice, National Institutes of Health)
Scientists at Georgia State University investigated whether dietary emulsifiers might affect the risk for colorectal cancer by altering the gut microbiota.
(Food additives promote inflammation, colon cancer in mice, National Institutes of Health)
The team fed mice standard chow and either plain drinking water or water with 1% of the commonly used dietary emulsifiers carboxymethylcellulose or polysorbate-80.
(Food additives promote inflammation, colon cancer in mice, National Institutes of Health)
This finding suggests that the effects of the emulsifiers were caused by altering the gut microbiota.
(Food additives promote inflammation, colon cancer in mice, National Institutes of Health)
Dietary emulsifiers, which are chemically similar to detergents, are added to many processed foods to improve texture and extend shelf life.
(Food additives promote inflammation, colon cancer in mice, National Institutes of Health)
