additives

Additives such as flavor enhancers, colors, antioxidants, are substances which are deliberately added to foods during manufacture or processing in order to achieve for example.:

• improvement of consistency, taste, color or smell
• simplification of processing or storage
• hygienic quality
• extension of shelf life

Additives may be natural or synthetic.

see also:
additive labeling
additive regulations

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