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Macaroon
A small round dry pastry made of almond paste, sugar and the white of an egg. A type of chewy cookie that is commonly made with almond paste or ground almonds, combined with egg whites, sugar, and flavoring. In some cases, other nuts may be used as a substitute for almonds, while coconut is occasionally…
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Macaroni
A nourishing product made from wheat flour (semolina, durum, farina), and water or milk and eggs and dried into tubes. The pasta called macaroni derives its name from the Italian word maccaroni, originally the name of a food made from a paste of groats, a coarsely ground grain. This Italian word developed from makaria, a…
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Lyonnaise
Cooked in a style of food prepared in a region of France famed for excellent onions.
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Lye
A strong alkaline solution, usually Caustic Soda (sodium hydroxide). A solution of alkaline salts obtained by the leaching of wood ashes. Liquid from leaching of wood ashes.
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Lower control limits of the average
A system of determining the pattern that sample averages should follow if a constant system of change is operating.
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Low-calorie food
Food that contains less than 40 calories or 0.4 calories per gram. Forty calories or less per serving or no more than 0.4 calories per gram. Foods naturally low in calories cannot be labeled low calorie, reduced calorie.
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Low-acid food
Any food, other than alcoholic beverages, with a finished equilibrium pH greater than 4.6 and a water activity greater than 0.85.
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Lot
Any number of containers of the same size and type which contain a product of the same type and style located in the same warehouse or conveyance, or which, under in-plant (in-process) inspection, results from consecutive production within a plant, and which is available for inspection at any one time.
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Lite
A claim on a food label to indicate the percentage or fraction by which the food has been modified according to the reference food, and providing information of the amount of nutrient that is in the labeled food and in the reference food. A “Lite” food has at least 1/3 fewer calories or 50% less…
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Liquify
To reduce to a liquid.
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