adulterants in food have been in the news a great deal lately.    From LearnThat.org. 

There was a zinc adulterant in one mix and only one mix.    From Wordnik.com.  [Murder to Go]

As an adulterant it wears shabby and loses its brightness.    From Wordnik.com.  [Textiles and Clothing] Reference

In moderate amounts it is not generally considered an adulterant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value] Reference

Sulphate of magnesia, an adulterant of guano, 319; as a fixer, 246.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference

Rice-meal, an adulterant of guano, 319; manurial constituents of, 282.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference

Earth, an adulterant of guano, 319; composition of solid crust of, 102.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference

It is often added to, as an adulterant, or substituted for the true Almond oil.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Chemistry of Food and Nutrition] Reference

If a pathogen that can kill my kid is in their food, it should be an adulterant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: It's Time to Overhaul Our 100-Year-Old Food Safety Laws] Reference

It is also a favourite adulterant for otto of rose, and is used as a source of geraniol.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Handbook of Soap Manufacture] Reference

Water, absorbed by plants, 73; amount of, transpired by plant-leaves, 56; an adulterant of guano, 319.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference

If a pathogen that can kill you is in your food -- regardless of the type -- it should be an adulterant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: It's Time to Overhaul Our 100-Year-Old Food Safety Laws] Reference

A large amount of water is considered an adulterant; ordinarily molasses contains from 20 to 33 per cent.    From Wordnik.com.  [Human Foods and Their Nutritive Value] Reference

Coffee and cocoa adulterant - the ground tubers are sometimes used as a substitute or adulterant of coffee and cocoa.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 14] Reference

Very fine fibre is sometimes used as an adulterant of silk.    From Wordnik.com.  [Commercial Geography A Book for High Schools, Commercial Courses, and Business Colleges] Reference

Ironically, urea used to be used as a food adulterant, too.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Register] Reference

O157: H7 was identified in the 1980s and declared an adulterant in ground beef in 1994.    From Wordnik.com.  [NewsInferno] Reference

Europe, chicory is not regarded as an adulterant -- it is an addition, or modifier, if you please.    From Wordnik.com.  [All About Coffee] Reference

Salt is the classic preservative, but is also a condiment, and is seldom classed as an adulterant.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize] Reference

Alum is a still more frequent adulterant of bread; it is considered injurious to the animal system.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize] Reference

It is the only strain the USDA considers an adulterant in meat, requiring regular screening and recalls.    From Wordnik.com.  [Long Island Press] Reference

The roots of this, after being ground and roasted, are used either as a substitute or an adulterant for coffee.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manual of Gardening (Second Edition)] Reference

Sunt qui cribrata Pmi refina, acpolline, aut cor -. tice Thuris contuji adulterant, Jedh&c iqne deprehenduntur.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pedanii Dioscoridis Anazarbei De medicinali materia libri sex] Reference

Otherwise, as likely as not, oil of geraniums is substituted for the attar of roses, or is used as an adulterant.    From Wordnik.com.  [Bulgaria] Reference

It also considered an “adulterant "and can not be blended.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Sawdust an adulterant of guano, 319.    From Wordnik.com.  [Manures and the principles of manuring] Reference

Lard is another adulterant of butter.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 1: Aachen-Assize] Reference

This heavy adulterant is shipped to the.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Horseback] Reference

Unintended adulterant in "moonshine".    From Wordnik.com.  [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference