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What is a thickener?

What is a thickener? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. Any substance added to something in order to thicken it; a thickening agent.
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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.

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