Category: I
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Intestinal phase
The temporal span that commences as chyme is introduced into the small intestine.
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Inorganic nutrients
Substances that are devoid of carbon atoms and are classified as nutrients include minerals and water.
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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.
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Integrated control
the complementary use of biological and chemical methods to control pests and pathogens.