HUMAN NUTRITION

Detailed explanation-1: -A leavening agent is a substance that causes dough to expand by releasing gas once mixed with liquid, acid or heat. Rising agents give baked goods optimal volume, texture and crumb and can include baking soda or baking powder, whipped egg whites or cream, active or instant dry yeast, and even steam.

Detailed explanation-2: -leavening agent, substance causing expansion of doughs and batters by the release of gases within such mixtures, producing baked products with porous structure. Such agents include air, steam, yeast, baking powder, and baking soda.

Detailed explanation-3: -Yeast, a tiny single-celled microorganism, a type of fungus, is an example of a biological raising agent. Yeast is used to make bread dough. How do biological raising agents work? Yeast feeds on the sugar contained with the dough, producing carbon dioxide and alcohol, in a process called fermentation.