agenize

verb

Meaning

Treat flour with an oxidizing agent to accelerate the aging process and improve its bread-making properties.

Examples

The millers decided to agenize the flour to ensure a more consistent rise in the final loaves.
Modern industrial processes often agenize wheat products to achieve the desired gluten structure.

Synonyms: bleach, oxidize, mature, condition

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agenize

verb

Pronunciation: /ˈeɪdʒənaɪz/

Definition

Treat flour with an oxidizing agent to accelerate the aging process and improve its bread-making properties.

Examples

The millers decided to agenize the flour to ensure a more consistent rise in the final loaves.
Modern industrial processes often agenize wheat products to achieve the desired gluten structure.

How to Use agenize

agenize flour (collocation): the standard object for this verb — "The factory uses specialized equipment to agenize flour in large batches."
be agenized by (prepositional phrase): passive construction describing the treatment agent — "The product was agenized by a chlorine-based compound."

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