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UK
/ˈædɪtˌɪv/
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[ US /ˈædətɪv, ˈædɪtɪv/ ]
[ US /ˈædətɪv, ˈædɪtɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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characterized or produced by addition
an additive process - designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree
NOUN
- something added to enhance food or gasoline or paint or medicine
How To Use additive In A Sentence
- By contrast, when Procter & Gamble, the makers of Olestra, asked the FDA for permission to add its artificial fat substitute to potato chips, the controversial product was evaluated under food-additive laws.
- Keeping to a Japanese theme, I'm using soba noodles and tamari soya sauce - the real stuff, no additives or caramel, simply soya beans, salt and water.
- Even bigger increases in iodine intake came in the 1960s, when iodinated additives, sterilizing agents and food colorings began to be used in industrial bread, milk and cereal production.
- Second, there is an additive in that anthrax, bentonite, which is used to cause the anthrax to not stick together, and float in the air. Hullabaloo
- Instead of or in addition to a bonding primer, a bonding additive can be stirred into the first of two topcoats.
- Just 66 additives are permitted in organic food production, and they must come from natural sources and exclude sweeteners and colourings.
- The jelly sweets contain E425 Konjac - a banned additive that could present a choking hazard to children.
- Valerie and Noel Trezise will offer you a wide range of pure sweet natural honey free of additives or preservatives.
- While potassium bromate has not been banned in the U.S., the FDA discourages bakers from using it -- and at least one state, California, has approved a warning-label requirement that has led many bread makers to abandon the additive. Five Controversial Food Additives
- The artistic palette of colors, on the other hand, includes additive colors which include red, green and blue.