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Indirect heating
A means of heating a product in which the product and heating medium are physically separate.
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Independent variable
A variable which on the basis of a previously established relationship with a dependent variable, may be used for the solution of specific values of the dependent variable. In epidemiology, a characteristic being considered or tested for its relationship to a health condition. In epidemiology and research, the agent that incites a response; the stimulus…
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Imitation
A product that resembles a traditional food and is a suitable substitute for the traditional food; must be labeled if the new food contains less protein or a lesser amount of any essential vitamin or mineral. Not the real thing and nutritionally inferior than the food it is imitating, substitute. A term used in food…
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Icings (Frostings)
A preparation made with sugar, egg whites and colorings for covering cakes. A technique of cutaneous stimulation using cold agents (12°-17°C) to evoke or facilitate reflex muscular responses in patients with central nervous system dysfunction.
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Ice
Frozen mixture of sugar or sugar syrup, fruit puree or flavoring and water. The word ice derives from a Germanic source that also evolved into the German eis, the Danish is, and the Dutch ijs, all meaning ice. In Old English, the word was spelt is, a form that persisted until the fourteenth century when…
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Hypochlorites
Combination of chlorine with either sodium or calcium hydroxide to give a desired available chlorine. A salt of hypochlorous acid used in household bleach and as an oxidizer, deodorant, and disinfectant.
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Hypha
Fungal filament. A microscopic tubular filament that is the basic structural unit of the body of the mycelium and therefore the fruit body of a fungus. In botany, a branched filament of a fungus. A filament of mold or part of a mold mycelium.
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Hygroscopic
The absorption of moisture from water vapor. Able to absorb moisture from the atmosphere.
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Hygrometer
An instrument for measuring relative humidity or the available water. An instrument for measuring the amount of moisture in the air. A device used to measure the level of humidity in the atmosphere.
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Hygiene
A science dealing with the establishment and maintenance of health. The science of preserving one’s health and that of the community. The procedures and principles designed to keep things clean and to keep conditions healthy. The science and practice of promoting and preserving health. The term “hygiene” is often used synonymously with “cleanliness.” The science…
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