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| | Food Product Design: Bulking Agents: Bulking Up While Scaling Down |
 | | Bulking agents often must help the finished product mimic its standard counterpart by adding or modifying solids, viscosity, lubricity, volume, spread, sweetness, water binding, water activity, color, flavor, and so on. |
 | | In fact, depending on the level, the FDA requires some bulking agents to carry an advisory warning on the label so that the consumer is aware of any potential problems. |
 | | One category that has shifted from merely alternative sweetener to sweet "bulking agent" is a group of mono- and disaccharide sugars commonly referred to as sugar alcohols or polyols. |
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