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February 2008

A prudent approach towards additives

Even thought the benefits of most food additives outweigh any potential risks, prudence and moderation should prevail in their use; some can be avoided entirely. Some additives pose problems for people with certain medical conditions. Anyone with high blood pressure or any condition that mandates a low salt-diet should check the labels on all processed [...]

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Other additives

Continuing with our discussion about food additives; other additives include colorings, flavor enhancers, emulsifiers, stabilizers and thickeners. Here, colorings need special mention, as they are also very widely used. Wherever you see colored food (color away from natural color), it is most likely containing coloring agents. Again, not all of them are harmful.
3. Coloring Agents: [...]

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Antioxidants

2. Continuing with our essential food additives discussion, next class which comes is of antioxidants, a class, which is given much importance than any other both in general health discussions as well as in specific health discussions. We all read a lot about antioxidants these days. You can read about them in almost every beauty [...]

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Additives continued:

Let us discuss them in detail here.
1. Preservatives :Common preservatives used are benzoic acid and benzoates, nitrates and nitrites, and sulfites.
a) Benzoic acid and benzoates are

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Common food additives

We have already listed the harmful food additives and those which are potentially not safe. Let us discuss about the commonly used food additives today. The list is quit long, so, we will be posting them in parts. Why we are discussing them in detail is because they do play a vital role in today’s [...]

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Yellow colorant caution

We are writing about this colorant or food additive separately here, because it is used very commonly and is associated with some serious problems, specially in the susceptible people.
Yellow colorant #5, or better known as tartrazine in the food market and grocery

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