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food-grade

adj

Etymology

From food + grade. Originally US.

  1. derived from *gʰradʰ-✻
  2. derived from *graðus✻
  3. derived from gradus
  4. borrowed from grade
  5. compounded as food-grade — “food + grade”

Definitions

  1. Suitable for human or animal food.

    • food-grade rice starch
    • Kelcogel food-grade gellan gum is described for special uses in the food industry.

  2. Permitted to be used with or to contact food

    Permitted to be used with or to contact food; safe for use with or around food.

    • food-grade plastic
    • Food-grade lubricants are made for meat and poultry and other food-processing equipment. These lubricants are generally registered with the National Sanitary Foundation (NSF).

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for food-grade. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA