date:Mar 06, 2019
ent of the food, whether or not it has nutritive value, but added to the food with the intention of achieving a specific purpose, known for having safe dose levels and subjected to legal permission. Food additives are substances added in the processing, preparation, packaging, transportation, preservation and storage stages (Luckey 1968; Emerton Choi 2008)
Types of Food Additives
There are four general categories of food additives: nutritional additives, processing agents, preservatives, and s