Food additive in the category of synthetic antioxidants, with the role of preventing fat rancidity. It is used individually or in combination with other butylates or gallates (E 310 – 312), in different animal or plant fats, as well as pastry mixtures, snacks, instant soups and broths, sauces, processed fruits, prepared cereals, nutritional supplements, spices, meat products, dehydrated potatoes, flavors and powdered milk for vending machines.
This additive can cause serious side effects, among which are allergic reactions, liver cells injuries, including DNA injuries, migraine attacks, an increase in cholesterol levels, Vitamin K destruction, it is responsible for blood clotting etc, which is why stricter limitations of its use are expected in the European Union. It is recommended that food labels be read carefully and to avoid any excess of this substance.
Food additive with multiple functions. It is a natural product with anti-caking, thickening, emulsifying, glazing role and is a substance-support for other additives and sweeteners. Due to its high temperature stability, this sweetener is successfully used in heat-treated…
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Food additive with artificial sweetener role. Although it has an unpleasant metallic bitter aftertaste, saccharin has been used on a large scale, by both diabetics and the food industry, being 300-500 times sweeter than sugar. Being an intense,…
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Food additive with sweetening role, obtained by chemical processes from regular sugar, being 600 times sweeter than sugar, very stable at any pH and at high temperatures, as well as over time, thus allowing its use in a…
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Food additive with flavor enhancing and sweetening role. It is a natural product, obtained from the katemfe’s fruit seed husks of the Thaumatococcus daniellii shrub that grows in West Africa. As a sweetener, thaumatin is 2000 times sweeter…
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