fermenting

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It is a sugar alcohol typically made by fermenting corn and is now used in hundreds of food products.

From Science Daily • Mar. 28, 2026

That meant that urine samples with high sugar content could have started fermenting and consequently generated alcohol that could have skewed the test result or created a false positive.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

While undergoing treatment, his mother became a fixture in the kitchen, helping on the line and tending to pots of fermenting kimchi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 11, 2026

Rum is typically made by fermenting and then distilling sugarcane molasses, the thick treacle-like substance leftover after refined sugar has been produced from the harvested plants.

From BBC • Mar. 23, 2025

Cartoons were still fermenting when sold, and because of the pressure, sometimes exploded in the hands of some careless drinker.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane