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CHEBI:77971 - raising agent
| ChEBI ID | CHEBI:77971 |
| ChEBI Name | raising agent |
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| Definition | A food additive which liberates gas so as to increase the volume of a dough or batter, resulting in a lighter and softer finished product. |
| Last Modified | 2 February 2026 |
| Submitter | Gareth Owen |
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| ChEBI Ontology |
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| Outgoing Relation(s) |
| raising agent (CHEBI:77971) is a food additive (CHEBI:64047) |
| Incoming Relation(s) |
| ammonium carbonate (CHEBI:229630) has role raising agent (CHEBI:77971) |
| dimagnesium phosphate (CHEBI:747292) has role raising agent (CHEBI:77971) |
| dinitrogen oxide (CHEBI:17045) has role raising agent (CHEBI:77971) |
| potassium bitartrate (CHEBI:32034) has role raising agent (CHEBI:77971) |
| potassium hydrogencarbonate (CHEBI:81862) has role raising agent (CHEBI:77971) |
| potassium metaphosphate (CHEBI:148438) has role raising agent (CHEBI:77971) |
| Synonyms | Source |
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| food raising agent | ChEBI |
| food raising agents | ChEBI |
| leavening agent | ChEBI |
| leavening agents | ChEBI |
| raising agents | ChEBI |
| Manual Xrefs | Databases |
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| Leavening_agent | Wikipedia |