Anticaking Agents (Free-Flow Agents)
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Anticaking agents, sometimes called free-flow agents, are substances added to finely powdered or crystallized food products to prevent them from caking or lumping. These are used in baking powder, salt, confectioner's sugar, chocoalte, milk, cream, and coffee powders, to name but a few. Examples are silicon dioxide, calcium silicate, sodium aluminosilicate, and dicalcium phosphate. Other natural examples include talc and potato starch.
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Last updated 01 Oct 2011 20:08
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