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preservative

adjective as in saving

noun as in hygienic preserver

noun as in chemical compound

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Ultra-processed foods are defined as containing more than five ingredients which you would not find at home in your kitchen cupboard, such as emulsifiers, preservatives, additives, dyes and sweeteners.

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Sky Candle’s hand-poured products are made without additives or preservatives, using soybeans grown in the United States.

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Besides their saturated fat content, they often contain a lot of sodium, which can raise blood pressure, and certain preservatives that are linked to colon cancer.

Walmart also plans to eliminate 30 other ingredients, ranging from certain artificial sweeteners to preservatives.

She says there are some "legitimate costs" that come with processing a body - like spending on transport, and preservative chemicals.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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