Made of acting of food additive?

  FOOD ADITIVES

What are food additive?

List type of food additive?

Made of acting of food additive?

What are food additive?

Food additives or substances added to food to preserve  flavors or enhance its taste, appearance or other qualities. Some additive have been used for centuries. 

e. g preserving food pickling with vinegar. The main purpose of food additive is given by fllowing:

.Preserving  food ( benzoic acid)

. Making food look more attractive. (Tartrazine)

. Inriching food with the certain nutrients. (Vitamin C)

. Improving the taste of food. (Ethyl ethanoate)

These were the four main purpose of food additive food additives are mostly used in the food industries nowadays.

Type of food additives:

Following are the mean type of food additives:

1. . Flavoring agents
2. .Preservative
3. . Stabilizer
4. . Sweetness 
5. .Colouring gents
6.  .Thicking agent
7. . Antioxidant
8. .Acid&bases
9. . Processing agent
10. . Nutrients
11. . Anti-foaming agent
12. . Buffering agent

 

Mode of action of food additives .

Following are some food additives and their functions.

1. . Petrazine (coloring agent)
2. . Benzoic acid (Preservative)
3. .Ethyl thanoate(flavoring agent)
4. . Citric acid (Acid)
5. . Sodium hydrogen carbonates (Bases)
6. . Sorbitol (sweetner)
7. . Vitamin C (nutrients)
8. . Mineral nutrients)

. Tartrazine

It's code is E.102 .sweets , Fizzy drinks and packed food to improve colour

It is a colouring agent.

Benzoic acid

It's cold is E

210 . It is a preserving agent .its function is to increase shelf life of food

. It is added to bear, cause or join to preserve them by avoiding attack of the microbial activity and to increase their shelf life. 

Ethyl thanoate :

1. . It is a flavouring agent represented by no code.
2. . It's second name is synthetic ester.
3. . It is added to give a pineapple flavor in drink and sweets.

BHA:

. It's code is E.320.

It is an antioxidant.

It is added to biscuit margarine and oil to stop fats and oil getting oxidized colors and testing bad.

Lecithin:

Its cod is E. 322

. It is an emulsifier and stabilizer.

. It is added to ice cream, salad dressing and margarine to make oil and water mix and alter The texture of food. 

Acid:

. Citric acid added to soft drink to increase acidity and low the pH value.

Bases:

. Sodium hydrogen  carbonate E.500 added to canned custards to maintain the pH value. 

Sweetners:

Sorbitol code is (E. 420)

Added to certain drinks and sweets to sweetener the food without using sugars.

. It is suitable for diabetics and those who are on diet.

Vitamin C:

. It is a type of nutrients.

Added to soft drinks to increase the nutrient value of food.

Minerals :

. It is also a type of nutrient. 

It is added to milk powder to increase its nutrient value.