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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2011-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Chemistry
DEF

A product able to absorb metallic ions and so used to soften water and prevent foods from changes in taste, texture or appearance during processing.

CONT

Once considered chemical curiosities, sequestrants (chelating agents) have taken a significant place among other stabilizer food additives as vital tools of the food industry. As such, sequestrants help to establish, maintain, and enhance the integrity of many food products. For the most part, sequestrants react with metals to form complexes which, depending on the stability of the metal complex, tend to alter the properties and effects of metal in a substrate.

OBS

chelating agent: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Chimie
DEF

Produit apte à absorber les ions métalliques et utilisé, de ce fait, pour adoucir l'eau et prévenir tout changement de goût, de texture ou d'apparence lors du traitement des denrées alimentaires.

CONT

[Les] isolants [assurent l']élimination des traces de métaux nuisibles à la conservation [des] produits congelés, fromages fondus, lait, huiles et graisses, vin, vinaigre, boissons [...]

OBS

agent chélatant; chélatant : termes normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria alimentaria
  • Química
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Record 2 2003-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Chemistry
DEF

A substance having functional characteristics which make it capable both of suppressing the activity of metallic ion and ensuring that these ions remain in solution. [Definition standardized by ISO.]

OBS

sequestering agent; sequestrant: terms standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie analytique
DEF

Produit possédant des caractéristiques fonctionnelles le rendant apte à la fois à dissimuler l'activité des ions métalliques et à assurer leur solubilité. [Définition normalisée par l'ISO.]

OBS

agent séquestrant; séquestrant : termes normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química analítica
DEF

Sustancia utilizada para separar un ión metálico de una disolución, originando un complejo o quelato estable.

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