Studies on Food Additives (I)

Food preservatives and additives

To maintain consistency or texture ? to sustain smoothness or prevent the food from separating, caking, or clumping. To improve or retain nutritional value: Enrichment replaces nutrients lost in processing ? this occurs with grains, as some vitamins and minerals are lost in the milling process. Fortification adds a nutrient that wasn't there before and may be lacking in many people's diets. Iod...

Food Additives and Preservatives

A food additive is any substance added to food primarily for preservation purposes and the consumer demands for a variety of safe and tasty, convenient and colourful foods. Additives and preservatives have been used for a very long time and contributed significantly to product development by the food industry. Despite the advances in the field of product development, some consumers have real co...

Who Food Additives

The summaries and evaluations contained in this book are, in most cases, based on unpublished proprietary data submitted for the purpose of the JECFA assessment. A registration authority should not grant a r egistration on the basis of an evaluation unless it has fi rst received authorization for such use from the owner who submitted the data for JECFA review or has received the data on which t...

Food additives and hyperactivity.

eDITORIaLS Food additives and hyperactivity Evidence supports a trial period of eliminating colourings and preservatives from the diet Whether preservatives and colourings cause or exacerbate hyperactive behaviours is an important question for many paediatricians and parents. A recent randomised placebo controlled trial in 297 children aged 3-9 years provides evidence of increased hyperactive b...

Who Food Additives