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nounAny organism or substance added to a food product (such as dough or batter) that makes it rise when cooked.
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nounA leavening agent (also known as raising agent or leaven agent) is a substance added to dough or batter to make it lighter and softer.
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raising agentleaven agent
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Translations
Bulgarian набухва́тел
- набухва́тел (nabuhvátel)organism or substance
Chinese Mandarin 發酵劑 /发酵剂, 膨鬆劑 /膨松剂
- 發酵劑 /发酵剂 (fājiàojì)organism or substance
- 膨鬆劑 /膨松剂 (péngsōngjì)organism or substance
Finnish nostatusaine
- nostatusaineorganism or substance
German Backtriebmittel, Triebmittel
- Backtriebmittelorganism or substance
- Triebmittelorganism or substance
Hungarian lazítás
- lazításorganism or substance
Polish zaczyn, rozczyn
- zaczynorganism or substance
- rozczynorganism or substance
- zakwasorganism or substance
- zakwas chlebowyorganism or substance
Portuguese agente levedante
- agente levedanteorganism or substance
Spanish leudante, hurmiento
- leudanteorganism or substance
- hurmientoorganism or substance
- agente ludianteorganism or substance
Swedish jäsmedel, hävmedel
- jäsmedelorganism or substance
- hävmedelorganism or substance
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APA
leavening agent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leavening%20agent
MLA
“leavening agent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leavening%20agent. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leavening agent,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leavening%20agent.
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