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Cream Of Tartar
Level 1 — Generally benignIn Winter's Dictionary
Cream Of Tartar is a thickener gum — Thickening additive; crystalline salt from wine making or tartaric acid
What it does
Thickening additive; crystalline salt from wine making or tartaric acid
Sources
- A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives (Winter): A white crystalline salt in tartars from wine making, prepared especially from argols