Definition: Raising agent

Category: Food safety

Substance or combination of substances which liberate gas and thereby increase the volume of a dough or a batter. http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:354:0016:0033:EN:PDF
Source:
European Union, Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on food additives (Official Journal of the European Union No L 354, 31.12.2008)
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