The process of treating flour with agene chemical to bleach and mature it.
Present participle and gerund form of agenize; from agene + -izing suffix.
The process 'agenizing' represented cutting-edge food science in 1920s America, sold as modern progress—until nutritionists discovered the practice actually damaged the nutritional value of bread.
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