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Food Additives
Alternate Names : Additives in Food, Artificial Flavors and Color
Food Additives: Food Sources
Intentional or direct food additives are added to foods to produce a desired effect, such as to maintain freshness, improve nutritional quality, assist in processing or preparing food, or make a food more appealing.
Unintentional or indirect food additives are substances that are found in food during the production or the processing of a particular item. These are present in minimal quantities in the final product.
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• Definition
• Food Additives: Overview & Functions
• Food Additives: Food Sources
• Food Additives: Recommendations
• Food Additives: Side Effects
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Review Date : 10/17/2003
Reviewed By : David Webner, M.D., Sports Medicine Fellow, Crozer-Keystone Family Practice Program, Springfield, PA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.
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