Category: I

  • Icicle pickle

    A longitudinal slice extracted from a sizable cucumber, and immersed in boiling water, vinegar, and salt after being firmly packed in a container. These pickles must be allowed to mature for six weeks before consumption.  

  • Ice cream salt

    A granular salt with rough texture utilized in cooling the blend while making homemade ice cream, despite the fact that some recipes include this salt as an ingredient as well.  

  • Icebox pudding

    A dessert created by enveloping a bowl with sponge cake, ladyfingers, or a similar item, on top of which a sweetened and flavored filling is either poured, or added in layers with the cake, and then cooled for several hours  

  • Interesterified fat

    A partially-solid fat substance generated by the chemical amalgamation of entirely hydrogenated oils and oils that are not fully hydrogenated. This creation was brought forth as a solution to the outcry from the masses who sought an option other than trans fats.  

  • Insulin responsiveness

    The capacity of a specific tissue to react to insulin can be quantified by determining the highest level of insulin-triggered glucose elimination using the euglycemic hyperinsulinemic clamp method.  

  • lsocitrate dehydrogenase

    The Krebs cycle is governed by an enzyme that constrains the pace of the process. This particular enzyme is known as a “rate-limiting” enzyme, as its role is to restrict the speed of the cycle.  

  • Intestinal phase

    The temporal span that commences as chyme is introduced into the small intestine.  

  • Inorganic nutrients

    Substances that are devoid of carbon atoms and are classified as nutrients include minerals and water.  

  • Intolerant

    The term “killed rapidly when invaded by a given pathogen” is ill-advised for use as a substitute for the term “sensitive” in the context of biological materials. Its usage is not recommended due to the imprecise nature of the phrase and its potential to create confusion.  

  • Integrated control

    the complementary use of biological and chemical methods to control pests and pathogens.