Common types of food additives in life

Introduction: the following hundred safety net introduces the common types of food additives in our life, so that we can know more about food additives There are many kinds of food additives in life What are the common types of food additives in life? Preservatives: carbonated drinks, purees, jams, sugared fruits, preserves, pickles, soy sauce, vinegar, juice drinks, meat, fish, eggs, poultry, etc commonly used ones are benzoic acid, sodium benzoate, sorbic acid, potassium sorbate, etc Colorant: mainly used for carbonated drinks, fruit juice drinks, confectionery wine, confectionery, confectionery, candy, hawthorn products, pickled vegetables, ice cream, jelly, chocolate, cream, instant coffee and other kinds of food Commonly used are: amaranth, carmine, lemon yellow, sunset yellow, caramel pigment and other synthetic pigments Some natural food pigments, such as sodium copper chlorophyllin, are mainly extracted from plant tissues, but their pigment content and stability are generally not as good as the synthetic pigments, in addition to the natural equivalent pigments Sweetener: it is an additive that gives food sweetness Commonly used are: saccharin sodium (commonly known as saccharin), sodium cyclamate (cyclamate), maltitol, sorbitol, xylitol, etc There are many foods that use sweeteners For example: beverages, pickles, pastries, biscuits, bread, ice cream, preserves, sweets, seasonings, canned meat and other common foods in daily life will be added with different kinds of sweeteners Spices: sweets and chocolates usually contain essential oils, fragrances, powders and perfumes There are countless varieties of each type, such as candy and chocolate, which can be divided into fruit flavor type, kernel flavor type, frankincense type, flower flavor type, wine flavor type, etc Bulking agent: in some candy and chocolate products, as well as some fried products, puffed food, fermented flour products, etc Commonly used bulking agents include sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, composite bulking agent, etc Acidity regulator: with the function of improving food quality, it is more commonly used in all kinds of food Quite a number of candy and chocolate products use acid to adjust and improve the flavor effect, especially fruit products Commonly used are: citric acid, tartaric acid, lactic acid, malic acid Antioxidant: it is a kind of food additive which can prevent and delay the oxidative deterioration of food surface by hydrogen atom to the deoxidizing group in the molecule of easily oxidized component in food, preventing the oxidation chain reaction, or forming complex with it, inhibiting the activity of oxidase Thickening agent: it is a kind of hydrophilic polymer compound It has the function of stabilization, emulsification or suspension It can form gelatin or increase the viscosity of food It is also called gelatin, gelling agent or emulsifying stabilizer Emulsifier: it is a kind of surfactant, whose molecules usually have hydrophilic (hydroxyl) and lipophilic (alkyl) groups, which is easy to form an adsorption layer at the interface of water and oil, so as to change the surface activity between various phases in the emulsion and form a uniform emulsion or dispersion, so as to improve the organization, taste and appearance of food Tissue improver: a food additive that improves the appearance or touch of food by keeping water, binding, plasticizing, thickening and improving rheological properties Flour improver: a kind of additive to improve the quality of flour, which can improve the yield, whiteness and gluten of flour Defoamer: in the process of food processing, it has the ability to eliminate and suppress the surface bubbles, so that the operation can be carried out smoothly Anti caking agent: prevent the aggregation and caking of powdery or crystalline food Nowadays, many foods have food additives, so what is food additives? In fact, food additives are synthetic or natural substances added into food to improve the quality of food such as color, fragrance and taste, as well as the needs of antisepsis and processing technology Some food additives are harmful to human body, but China's food safety detector can accurately check whether the food is safe and whether there is excessive use of additives, so that we can eat food more safely If you want to know more about food additives, please go to Baibai safety net Editor in charge: he xianrob