| Sr.No. | Terms | Definition | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Acidulated soapstock | The product that results from the complete acidulation and thorough settling of soapstock. Contract grade should contain not less than 85% total fatty acid. | (unspecified) |
| 2 | Activated earth | Bleaching earth that has been treated with acid to increase its capacity for pigment adsorption from oil. | (unspecified) |
| 3 | Amino acids | Chief components and determinants of the characteristics of a protein; the building blocks of living tissues. Eighteen different amino acids commonly occur in our food supply and eight are considered essential because the body cannot produce them. | (unspecified) |
| 4 | Antioxidant | Any naturally occurring or manufactured material whose incorporation into a fat provides a greater stability than that shown by the fat alone. The antioxidant increases stability by preventing or retarding reaction of the fat with oxygen and thus retards rancidity development. Antioxidants for food fats must be nontoxic and edible. | (unspecified) |
| 5 | Biotechnology | The science of using living things, such as plants or animals to develop new products or make modifications to existing ones. Current methods include the transfer of a gene from one organism to another. Also see "Genetic engineering," and "Transgenic." | (unspecified) |
| 6 | Biodiesel | See Methyl esters | (unspecified) |
| 7 | Bleaching | Treatment of a fat or oil with a material such as activated charcoal or diatomaceous (Fullers) earth which removes or reduces the amount of coloring materials normally present in a refined oil. The bleaching process may be carried to the degree desired depending upon the color required by the eventual usage of the processed oil. | (unspecified) |
| 8 | Bleaching earth | Mined special earths or clays that when added to hot oil, at about 1%, have the ability to adsorb unwanted pigments. | (unspecified) |
| 9 | Bolls | The pods or capsules of certain plants, especially flax or cotton. | AAFCO, 2000 |
| 10 | Bowman-Birk trypsin inhibitor | A class of soybean trypsin inhibitors that has low molecular weight, many disulfide links, and great stability to denaturation. | (unspecified) |
