What are the ingredients of food additives

Introduction: now there are many food additives in food, so what are the ingredients of food additives? Food additive refers to a kind of chemical synthetic or natural substance used to improve food quality, extend food preservation period, facilitate food processing and increase food nutrition Food additive is a kind of compound or natural substance added into food to improve the quality of food such as color, fragrance and taste, as well as to meet the needs of antisepsis and processing technology At present, there are 23 categories and more than 2000 varieties of food additives in China, including Acidity Regulators, anti caking agents, defoamers, antioxidants, bleaching agents, bulking agents, colorants, color protectors, enzyme agents, flavor enhancers, nutrition enhancers, preservatives, sweeteners, thickeners, spices, etc So what are the ingredients of food additives? Common food additives (1) Preservative (2) antioxidant (3) chromogenic agent (4) bleaching agent (5) sour agent (6) coagulant (7) looser (8) Thickener (9) defoamer (10) sweetener (11) colorant (12) emulsifier (13) quality improver (14) anti coalescer (15) flavor enhancer (16) enzyme preparation (17) film coating agent (18) foaming agent (19) preservative (20) fragrance (21) nutritional enhancer (22) other additives Preservatives commonly used are sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, sulfur dioxide, lactic acid, etc It is used in the processing of jam and preserves Antioxidant - similar to preservatives, it can extend the shelf life of food Commonly used are dimension C, different dimension C, etc Colorant - common synthetic pigments include carmine, amaranth, lemon yellow, indigo, etc It can change the appearance of food and increase its appetite Thickener and stabilizer - can improve or stabilize the physical properties of cold drink food, make the appearance of food smooth and delicate They keep the soft and loose tissue structure of frozen foods such as ice cream for a long time Nutritional enhancer - it can enhance and supplement some nutritional components of food, such as minerals and microelements (vitamins, amino acids, inorganic salts, etc.) A variety of infant formula milk powder contains a variety of nutritional enhancers Bulking agent - the addition of bulking agent to some candies and chocolate can promote the production of carbon dioxide from the sugar body, so as to play the role of bulking Commonly used bulking agents include sodium bicarbonate, ammonium bicarbonate, composite bulking agent, etc Sweeteners - commonly used artificial sweeteners include saccharin sodium, cyclamate, etc The aim is to increase the sweetness Sour agent - some drinks, candy and so on often use sour agent to adjust and improve the flavor effect Commonly used citric acid, tartaric acid, malic acid, lactic acid, etc Benzoyl peroxide is the main component of flour whitening agent The maximum dosage of Chinese food added to flour is 0.06g/kg Benzoic acid produced after hydrolysis will cause damage to liver Benzoyl peroxide has been banned as a food additive in developed countries such as EU Spices - there are synthetic, natural and many types of spices Consumers often eat a variety of flavors of chocolate, widely used in the production process of various spices, so that it has a variety of unique flavor 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 or not, 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