aquafaba
/ˌɑːkwəˈfɑːbə/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.19 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "Chefs, both vegan and omnivore, are using aquafaba in everything from pancakes to purées. This month, Sir Kensington’s, a New York condiment company, is introducing the first commercial product using aquafaba, a vegan mayonnaise called Fabanaise."
- "To make the kiwi pistachio mousse: Put the aquafaba in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the whisk attachment and beat the liquid on medium speed until foamy. Raise the speed to high and beat until the mixture has expanded considerably and forms peaks, about 15 to 20 minutes."
- "Aquafaba was recovered from 10 commercial canned chickpea products and correlations among aquafaba composition, density, viscosity and foaming properties were investigated. Proton NMR was used to characterize aquafaba composition before and after ultrafiltration through membranes with different molecular weight cut offs (MWCOs of 3, 10, or 50 kDa)."
- "Soybean and chickpea aquafabas are particularly thick (think about the goo in canned chickpeas), but any bean water."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ékʷeh₂ Proto-Italic *akʷā Latin aqua Proto-Italic *fabā Latin faba English aquafaba Coined by US software engineer Goose Wohlt in 2015, from Latin aqua (“water”) + faba (“bean”).
Origin
- Source language: Latin