Food Additives
- Created by: meganthompson
- Created on: 27-03-14 12:07
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- Food Additives
- Preservatives
- used to prevent decay
- Make food safe to eat for longer
- Used in bacon, sausages , cooked meats and pies.
- Antioxidents
- Used to prevent fats from becoming rancid
- Used in most prodyucts whihc contain fats
- Eg cakes, biscuits and pastries
- Colourings
- Used to ad colour to products
- Such as sweets, yogurts, deserts, tinned peas and soups
- Used to ad colour to products
- Flavourings
- these are used to add flavour to products
- Such as ice cream, chocolate mouse, yogurts, crisps and soft drinks
- these are used to add flavour to products
- Flavour enhancers
- Such as Monosodium glutamate
- used to give mor eintense flavour to food
- such as meat, ready meals and cook-in sauces
- used to give mor eintense flavour to food
- sweeteners such as saccharin
- Give a sweeter flavour than suger
- used in 'sugar free' products
- Give a sweeter flavour than suger
- Such as Monosodium glutamate
- Emulsifiers
- Used to mix oil and water together in a stable solution to prevent separation
- Used in mayonnaise , salad dressings and low fat spreads
- Used to mix oil and water together in a stable solution to prevent separation
- Stabilisers
- Similar to emulsifiers, used to prevent separation
- used in cook-in sauces and yogurts
- Similar to emulsifiers, used to prevent separation
- Preservatives
- these are used to add flavour to products
- Such as ice cream, chocolate mouse, yogurts, crisps and soft drinks
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