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  1. Anticaking agent - Wikipedia

    • An anticaking agent is an additive placed in powdered or granulated materials, such as table salt or confectioneries, to prevent the formation of lumps (caking) and for easing packaging, transport, flowability, and consumption. Caking mechanisms depend on the nature of the material. Crystalline solids often cake by formation of liqui… See more

    Examples

    An anticaking agent in salt is denoted in the ingredients, for example, as "anti-caking agent (554)", which is See more

    List of anticaking agents

    The most widely used anticaking agents include the stearates of calcium and magnesium, silica and various silicates, talc, as well as flour and starch. Ferrocyanides are used for table salt. The following a… See more

     
  1. Additive placed in powdered or granulated materials

    An anticaking agent is an additive placed in powdered or granulated materials, such as table salt or confectioneries, to prevent the formation of lumps (caking) and for easing packaging, transport, flowability, and consumption.
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