Food additives

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Any substance added to food in order to change certain characteristics of the food.

Purpose

Food additives added to change or modify the following:

  1. maintain product consistency,
  2. improve or maintain nutritional value,
  3. maintain palatability or wholesomeness,
  4. provide leavening or control pH, or
  5. enhance flavor or impart desired color.

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