清せい澄ちょう剤ざい

noun

clarifying agent; fining agent

Technical term used in food processing, winemaking, brewing, and chemical contexts to refer to a substance that removes suspended particles to make a liquid clear.

• ワインの製せい造ぞうでは、清せい澄ちょう剤ざいとして卵らん白ぱくやベントナイトが使つかわれることがある。

  In winemaking, egg whites or bentonite are sometimes used as fining agents.

• この清せい澄ちょう剤ざいを加くわえると、濁にごりが取とれて透とう明めいな液えき体たいになる。

  Adding this clarifying agent removes the cloudiness and yields a clear liquid.