date:Mar 06, 2019
in legislation and for labelling purposes. Number ranges have been pre-assigned to food additive classifications, so as to give information about the main purpose of the additive, even without knowing the name of the additive (Tomaska Taylor 2014). INS number for some additives is indicated in Table 1.
Food Additives
The International Codex Alimentarius Commission (CAC) defines food additives as any substance not normally consumed as a food by itself and not normally used as a typical ingredi