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Food Additives Outline
Food Additives Outline
Introduction
- Definition: food additives are substances added to food to preserve flavor or enhance its taste
and appearance.
- Misconception: They are not processing aids, flavorings, plant protection products, and
nutrients
- Presence: in all kinds of food including food there requires preservation
- Method of consuming: directly through the product itself, or through cooked food with an
ingredient containing the additive
(Bell)Function
- (Category): (Function)
- Acid: flour treatment agent
- Acidity regulator: gelling agent
- Anti-caking agent: glazing agent
- Anti-foaming agent: humectants
- Antioxidant: Modified starch
- Bulking agent: Preservative
- Color: Propellant gas
- Emulsifying salts: Stabilizer
- Firming agent: Sweetener
- Flavor enhancer: Thickener
- FDA approval
- Methods of testing
- Amount control
- Not misleading consumers
- labeling
-Cancer
-Asthma
-DNA damage
-Skin rashes
-Hyperactivity
-Neurological damage
-Bronchial problems
Conclusion
-conclude all the things we’ve been talked about and some additional amazing facts or interesting topics