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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of degum.

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Examples

  • Ramie fiber has to be degummed to attain high industrial value.

    Chapter 7 1992

  • Because it just so happens that not all canola oil is as flavourless as the stuff on supermarket shelves, which has been extruded, degummed, acidified, vacuumed, bleached and deodorized, all in the name of shelf life and what you might call the 21st-century agro-industrial palate.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed MARK SCHATZKER 2011

  • Spot prices for degummed soybean oil in Argentina closed at $1,136.47 a ton on Nov. 4, the highest price since August 2008.

    BusinessWeek.com -- Top News 2010

  • Furthermore, with regard to the Refining, Degumming and Dewaxing of Oil and Fat patent, our degumming system converts crude non-degummed vegetable oils into high quality degummed oils using only water and/or trace amounts of citric acid.

    unknown title 2009

  • The scientist, Klein Ileleji, tested blends of 20 percent, 50 percent and 100 percent degummed soybean oil - an unrefined and cheaper product to produce than soy methyl esters, commonly known as biodiesel - and found that the 20 percent blend didn't degrade a home furnace's parts or heat output.

    Ecofriend 2009

  • A blend of degummed soybean oil and No. 2 fuel oil can be used as an alternative heating fuel and reduce sulfur emissions, according to a

    Ecofriend 2009

  • The BioCentric Energy Consortium brokers the supply and delivery of organic oils, such as, crude, degummed Soybean oil, Rapeseed oil, and Palm Oil, to Biodiesel facilities.

    Marketwire - Breaking News Releases 2008

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