{"id":4822,"date":"2013-11-04T12:01:26","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T17:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/?p=4822"},"modified":"2013-11-04T12:01:26","modified_gmt":"2013-11-04T17:01:26","slug":"defoaming-agent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/04\/defoaming-agent\/","title":{"rendered":"Defoaming Agent"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By Jeanne Yacoubou, MS<br \/>\nVRG Research Director<\/p>\n<p>This entry was just added to our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/ingredients\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\">Food Ingredients Guide<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p><b>Defoaming agent<\/b><br \/>\n<b>Alternate names:<\/b> defoamer, antifoaming agent, antifoamer, foam inhibitor<br \/>\nCommercial source: petrochemical-mineral, petrochemical-vegetable, vegetable, animal<br \/>\n<b>Used in:<\/b> cane and sugar beet processing; fermentation used to make enzymes, amino acids, etc.; processing of baked goods, coffee, fruit juice, instant soups and noodles and many other products; many industrial applications<br \/>\n<b>Used for:<\/b> reducing, eliminating or preventing the formation of foam during the processing of foodstuffs (e.g., cane sugar) and during a food or beverage product\u2019s manufacture or consumption<br \/>\n<b>Definition:<\/b> Used widely in many food industries, defoamers control undesirable foam production.<br \/>\nCommon Examples: dimethylpolysiloxane, polysorbate 60, polyethylene glycol, hydroxylated lecithin, magnesium stearate, fatty acids<br \/>\n<b>Manufacturers:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.organicdefoamergroup.com\/industries\/\" target=\"_blank\">Organic Defoamer Group<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.emeraldmaterials.com\/cms\/spec\/page.html?p_name=Foam%20Control%20-%20Food\" target=\"_blank\">Emerald Performance Materials<\/a><br \/>\n<b>Classification:<\/b> Typically Vegan<br \/>\n<b>Definition added:<\/b> October 2013<\/p>\n<p>The contents of this entry, our website, and our other publications, including the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vrg.org\/journal\" target=\"_blank\">Vegetarian Journal<\/a>, are not intended to provide personal medical advice. Medical advice should be obtained from a qualified health professional. We often depend on product and ingredient information from company statements. It is impossible to be 100% sure about a statement, info can change, people have different views, and mistakes can be made. Please use your best judgement about whether a product is suitable for you. To be sure, do further research or confirmation on your own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Jeanne Yacoubou, MS VRG Research Director This entry was just added to our Food Ingredients Guide: Defoaming agent Alternate names: defoamer, antifoaming agent, antifoamer, foam inhibitor Commercial source: petrochemical-mineral, petrochemical-vegetable, vegetable, animal Used in: cane and sugar beet processing; fermentation used to make enzymes, amino acids, etc.; processing of baked goods, coffee, fruit juice, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ingredients"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4822","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4822"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4822\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4838,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4822\/revisions\/4838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vrg.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}