The most familiar use of starch is as a thickener for cooking sauces, as in cornflour, or perhaps as a substance for stiffening shirt collars. |
You can find agar flakes, a seaweed-derived thickener, in natural food stores. |
It us used as a thickener in ice cream, frozen yogurt, sherbet, cheese, low-fat salad dressings, ketchup, sauces and many other food products. |
Dave, once a keen whisky drinker, smiles as he recalls how Jill would put thickener in his favourite tipple to help it go down. |
The sealed bearings are filled with premium quality grease, with a polyurea thickener and synthetic ester base oil. |
A significant source of calcium, it is used in Brazil as a thickener for instant soups and baby formula. |