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Some dishes, such as pies, are made of a pastry casing that covers or completely contains a filling of various sweet or savory ingredients. There are five basic types of pastry dough (a food that combines flour and fat ): shortcrust pastry, filo pastry, choux pastry, flaky pastry and puff pastry.
Food acids are added to make flavors "sharper", and also act as preservatives and antioxidants. Common food acids include vinegar, citric acid, tartaric acid, malic acid, folic acid, fumaric acid, and lactic acid. Acidity regulators. Acidity regulators are used to change or otherwise control the acidity and alkalinity of foods. Anticaking agents.
Benzyl violet FD&C violet No. 1 Acid violet 49 Food violet 2 42640 triarylethlamine 1694-09-3: Berberine: Umbellatine Natural yellow 18 75160 natural 2086-83-1: Betanin: Beetroot red natural 7659-95-2: Biebrich scarlet: Croceine scarlet Ponceau B Acid red 66 26905 diazo 4196-99-0: Bismarck brown R Vesuvine brown Basic brown 4 21010 diazo 8005-78-5
Baking powder is a dry chemical leavening agent, a mixture of a carbonate or bicarbonate and a weak acid. The base and acid are prevented from reacting prematurely by the inclusion of a buffer such as cornstarch. Baking powder is used to increase the volume and lighten the texture of baked goods. It works by releasing carbon dioxide gas into a ...
The petals of violets have long been used in herbalism for their medicinal properties, even mentioned by Dioscorides. [3] "Violet tables", sugary lozenges flavoured with violets, were made before 1620. [4] During the 18th century, crushed violet petals, rosewater, and sugar were combined to make an early type of confectionery known as flower ...
The USDA’s Food Nutrition Service (FNS) provides a monthly list of the names and locations of markets across the country that are currently authorized to accept Basic Food benefits.
In canned seafood, it is used to maintain color and reduce purge [clarification needed] during retorting. Retorting achieves microbial stability with heat. [3] It is an acid source for reaction with baking soda to leaven baked goods. [4] In baking powder, it is often labeled as food additive E450. [5]
Dough conditioner. A dough conditioner, flour treatment agent, improving agent or bread improver is any ingredient or chemical added to bread dough to strengthen its texture or otherwise improve it in some way. Dough conditioners may include enzymes, yeast nutrients, mineral salts, oxidants and reductants, bleaching agents and emulsifiers. [1]