1. Food Additive Day-1
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2. What is a food additive?
The additional ingredients people mix with food to preserve or make the food attractive .

3. Definition of “Food Additives”
“A food additive is any chemical substance that is added to food during preparation or storage and either becomes a part of the food or affects its characteristics for the purpose of achieving a particular technical effect. Substances that are used in food to maintain its nutritive quality, enhance its keeping quality, make it attractive or to aid in its processing, packaging or storage are all considered to be food additives.”
Reference: Health Canada Website

4. Types of Food Additives
Coloring additives
Flavoring additives
Preservatives
Antioxidants
Emulsifiers

5. Food Coloring Additives
Examples
Allura Red (Ice cream,smoked fish)
Alkanet (in jam, juice, milk product)
Ethyle B-apo-8Caroteonate (Ketchup,pickles)
Brilliant Blue FCF(caviar, relish)
Sunset yellow FCF( Sausage, corn snack)
Reference: Health Canada

6. Food Preservatives Ascorbic Acid (Canned fruits, canned vegetables)
Potassium Nitrate (Dry sausage, canned meat)
Sodium Ascorbate (Canned applesauce, beer)
Sodium Nitrate (Dry sausage, ripened cheese)

7. Antioxidants of Food Ascorbic Acid (cut fruits, dried potatoes)
Tocopherols (oil, meat pies)
BHA (margarine, crisps)
Citric Acids (biscuits, soup,jam)

8. Food Emulsifier (Ref. google image)

9. Emulsifiers Acacia Gum (cream, salad dressing, sherbet)
Acetylated Monoglycerides ( bread)
Agar( meatloaf, mustered pickles)
Calcium Phosphate( cream cheese spread)
Gellan Gum (frostings, margarine)

10. Ref: Google image

11. Permitted Food Additives in Canada
Hundreds of food additives are permitted to use in foods in Canada and other countries of the world.
Over 850 food additives are approved for use in Canada.
To see “Permitted Food Additive List” published by Health Canada please visit:
Health Canada :

12. What do food additives do?
Maintain freshness and food safety of food by
slowing down the spoilage process, controlling contamination that causes food-borne illness
Make food better-tasting and better-looking by
preventing loss of flavor , discoloration, keeps the texture etc.
Improve nutritional value by adding vitamins and minerals

13. How do the additives benefit the retailers and customers?
Retailers are benefitted by
Increasing shelf life of food
Decreasing waste from spoiled food and transport food around the globe
Increase sales by many attractive varieties of food
Customers are benefitted by
Increasing choice of product by importing food form far away countries
Making the food faster to prepare