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Science - Food & Drink / snacks and sweets manufacturing | | Spanish term or phrase: agentes retenedores de humedad | It is a list dealing with chewing gum manufacturing
1 extrusión directa: factibilidad, experiencia y resultados
2 análisis sobre el uso de **agentes retenedores de humedad**
3 revisión sistema eliminación de polvo sector fabricación y envoltorio
4 análisis sistema de unión de ropes en la laimentación de la maquina |
| | | humectants | Explanation:
Hola Martin,
Una posibilidad.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)
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Note added at 2005-11-09 20:26:33 (GMT)
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hu·mec·tant
n.
A substance that promotes retention of moisture.
adj.
Promoting retention of moisture.
The noun humectant has one meaning:
Meaning #1: any substance that is added to another substance to keep it moist
humectant
A humectant is a hygroscopic substance that is used as a food additive. Since hygroscopic substances absorb water from the air, the addition of a humectant has the effect of keeping the foodstuff moist.
(from Wikipedia and The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language)
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Note added at 2005-11-09 20:37:24 (GMT)
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Un ejemplo en contexto:
\"...The flavoring agents may be formulated with conventional ingredients which offer a variety of textures to suit particular applications. Such ingredients may be in the form of hard and soft confections, tablets, toffee, nougat, chewy candy, chewing gum and so forth, center filled candies, both sugar and sugarless. The acceptable ingredients may be selected from a wide range of materials. Without being limited thereto, such materials include diluents, binders and adhesives, lubricants, disintegrants, bulking agents, ***humectants*** and buffers and adsorbents. The preparation of such confections and chewing gum products is well known. ...\"
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2 mins confidence:   peer agreement (net): +6 humectants
Explanation:
Hola Martin,
Una posibilidad.
Buena suerte y saludos del Oso ¶:^)
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Note added at 2005-11-09 20:26:33 (GMT)
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hu·mec·tant
n.
A substance that promotes retention of moisture.
adj.
Promoting retention of moisture.
The noun humectant has one meaning:
Meaning #1: any substance that is added to another substance to keep it moist
humectant
A humectant is a hygroscopic substance that is used as a food additive. Since hygroscopic substances absorb water from the air, the addition of a humectant has the effect of keeping the foodstuff moist.
(from Wikipedia and The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language)
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Note added at 2005-11-09 20:37:24 (GMT)
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Un ejemplo en contexto:
\"...The flavoring agents may be formulated with conventional ingredients which offer a variety of textures to suit particular applications. Such ingredients may be in the form of hard and soft confections, tablets, toffee, nougat, chewy candy, chewing gum and so forth, center filled candies, both sugar and sugarless. The acceptable ingredients may be selected from a wide range of materials. Without being limited thereto, such materials include diluents, binders and adhesives, lubricants, disintegrants, bulking agents, ***humectants*** and buffers and adsorbents. The preparation of such confections and chewing gum products is well known. ...\"
http://www.wipo.org/ipdl/IPDL-CIMAGES/view/pct/getbykey5?KEY...
Reference: http://www.answers.com/humectant&r=67
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