Ingredient 2679622 217073266 2008-06-04T14:18:42Z Mindmatrix 160367 replace "something" with a more specific word; fix spacing {{portal|Food}} :''This article is about '''ingredients''' in general. There is also an American soul and R&B group called [[The Main Ingredient]].'' {{Unreferenced|date=March 2008}} An '''ingredient''' is a substance that forms part of a mixture (in a general sense). For example, in [[cooking]], [[recipe]]s specify which ingredients are used to prepare a specific dish. Many commercial [[product (business)|products]] contain a [[secret ingredient]] that is purported to make them better than competing products. In the pharmaceutical industry, an [[active ingredient]] is that part of a [[formulation]] that yields the effect required by the customer. [[State|National]] [[law]]s usually require prepared food products to display a list of ingredients, and specifically require that certain [[food additive|additives]] be listed. In most developed countries, the law requires that ingredients be listed according to their relative quantity in the product. If an ingredient consists of more than one ingredient (such as cookie pieces in cookies and cream ice cream) then that ingredient is listed by what percentage of the total product it occupies, with its own ingredients displayed next to it in brackets. [[Category:Materials]] [[da:Ingrediens (mad)]] [[de:Inhaltsstoff]] [[fr:Ingrédient de cuisine]] [[id:Bumbu dapur]] [[it:Ingrediente]] [[nl:Ingrediënt]] [[pt:Ingrediente]] [[su:Bungbu dapur]] [[uk:Інгредієнт]]