03-05-2012, 12:05 PM
FOOD ADDITIVES
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Definition
Food Additives are any substances that become part of a food product.
Food Additives can be intentional or unintentional.
Intentional additives:
Enrichment – restore lost nutrients to food
Fortification – increase nutritional value of food
Additives may be:
• natural – found naturally, such as extracts from beetroot juice (E162), used as a colouring agent;
• manmade versions – synthetic identical copies of substances found naturally, such as benzoic acid (E210), used as a preservative;
• artificial – produced synthetically and not found naturally, such as nisin (E234), used as a preservative in some dairy products and in semolina and tapioca puddings.
Government Agencies
United States Department of Agriculture – assess food safety
United States Food and Drug Administration – approve food crops