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European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) , Director Paul Maier – 20 years of InfoCons Consumer Protection

European Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) Director EUIPO Paul Maier Trade in counterfeit goods is a growing problem that poses significant risks to the health and safety of consumers. Increasingly sophisticated counterfeiters manufacture products that are ever more difficult…

Turkish Republic , Ministry of Trade , DG for Consumer Protection and Market Surveillance , General Director Avni Dilber – 20 years InfoCons Consumer Protection

Turkish Republic , Ministry of Trade , DG for Consumer Protection and Market Surveillance General Director of DG for Consumer Protection and Market Surveillance Avni Dilber As a member of the biggest membership organisation, Consumers International (CI) ,…

Consumers International , Javier Ruiz Diaz – 20 years InfoCons Consumer Protection

Consumers International Javier Ruiz Diaz Dear InfoCons , I want to extend my heartfelt appreciation and support for the incredible work you have been doing towards educating Romanian consumers on intellectual property issues. As we approach World Intellectual…

Kepka , Consumers Protection Centre , President Nikolaos Tsemperlidis – 20 years InfoCons Consumer Protection

Kepka , Consumers Protection Centre President Kepka , Consumers Protection Centre Nikolaos Tsemperlidis We wish to congratulate you on the 20 years of consumers protection through InfoCons . Our warm and best wishes for the years to come.…

ALTROCONSUMO , Luisa Crisigiovanni – 20 years InfoCons Consumer Protection

ALTROCONSUMO Luisa Crisigiovanni After 30 years working in consumers protection for ALTROCONSUMO.it which this year turns 50 with its 314.000 members, 38 million visits to its website, 18.000 media quotes in 2022, I share here some learnings about…

ADICONSUM , President Carlo De Masi – 20 years InfoCons Consumer Protection

ADICONSUM President ADICONSUM Carlo De Masi The consumer representation and protection work has been evolving, over the last 20 years, in many aspects: listening, observing, detecting and understanding the needs and expectations of the citizens, but also proposing…

Bulgarian Natioanl Association Active Consumers , Executive Director Bogomil Nikolov – 20 years InfoCons Consumer Protection

Bulgarian Natioanl Association Active Consumers Executive Director Bogomil Nikolov We at BNA Active Consumers would like to extend our warmest congratulations to you and your organisation on your 20th anniversary since starting this adventure! This milestone is a…

The dictionary with the terminology of food additives is available in the InfoCons Application ! Be informed!

The InfoCons application, developed independently and transparently, makes available to consumers the dictionary with the terminology specific to food additives . Thus, when purchasing an agri-food product, consumers can simply and quickly discover the overly technical and difficult-to-understand…

E343 – Magnesium phosphates

What are E343 magnesium phosphates? Magnesium phosphates E 343 (I, II) are food additives that act as acidity correctors, sequestering, stabilising (water retaining and thickening) and flavouring agents. They act as buffering, neutralising and organic antioxidants. What forms…

E300 – Ascorbic acid (vitamin C)

What is E 300 additive? E 300, ascorbic acid is a food additive that belongs to the category of antioxidants. In the food industry, ascorbic acid is one of the most widely used nutritional additives as: antioxidant, preservative,…

E171 – Titanium dioxide

What is E 171 additive? Food additive E 171 titanium dioxide is an inorganic, insoluble, white artificial colouring with very good stability to light, heat, oxidation and pH changes. Synonyms White pigment C16. The rough formula is: TiO…

E100 – Curcumin

What is E 100 additive? The food additive E 100 – curcumin, belongs to the category of natural chalcone colours. E100(i)-curcumin or E100(ii)-turmeric can be found in foods. How is curcumin obtained? Curcumin is obtained by solvent extraction…

E341 – Calcium phosphates

What is E 341? E 341 is a food additive with functions as an acidity regulator, emulsifier, sequestering agent, humectant and stabiliser (water retaining and thickening). It takes the following forms: E 341(i) – Monocalcium phosphate, E 341(ii)…

E553 – Magnesium Silicate

What is E 553? Food additive E553 has an anti-caking role and can be used as a carrier for other additives. It comes in two forms: E553a and E553b. Which foods can E553 be added to? Food additive…

E952 – Sodium Cyclamate

What is E 952? Sodium cyclamate, E 952 is a synthetic food sweetener with high sweetening power. It is about 30-50 times sweeter than sugar, comparing equal amounts of the two substances. [i] Cyclamic acid and its sodium…

E959 – Neohesperidin DC

What is E 959? Food additive E 959, Neohesperidine dihydrocalcon DC is a semi-synthetic sweetener with high sweetening power . It is a derivative of natural flavones from the inner layer of the citrus peel, for example narginine…

E322 – Lecithin

What are E 322 lecithins? Lecithins or E322 are food additives that can act as emulsifiers, stabilisers, antioxidants, humectants or lubricants. Chemical name: lecithin or Phosphatidylcholine (PC) Chemically they are phospholipids that yield by chemical or enzymatic hydrolysis…

E445 – Glycerol Esters of Wood Resins

What is E 445? Food additive E 445 acts as a thickener, emulsifier, stabiliser, adjuvant and flavouring. Synonym: ester gum. Chemically they are mixtures of esters of di- and triglycerol with resin acids from wood (pine) resins. Industrially,…

E450 – Diphosphates

What are E 450 diphosphates? Diphosphates or E 450 are a class of food additives consisting of: disodium diphosphate (i), trisodium diphosphate (ii), tetrasodium diphosphate (iii), tetrapotassium diphosphate (v), dicalcium diphosphate (vi) and calcium dibasic diphosphate (vii) and…

E621 – Monosodium glutamate

What is E 621? The food additive E621 monosodium glutamate, is a flavour enhancer. It has the synonym glutarom. Flavour enhancers are compounds that do not have a flavour of their own but have synergistic properties with other…

E340 – Potassium Phhosphate

What is potassium phosphate E340? Potassium phosphate (E340) is a food additive belonging to the class of acidifying, sequestering, stabilising, softening, buffering and neutralising agents. Antioxidant of inorganic nature. What forms does potassium phosphate come in? Potassium phosphate…

E122 – Azorubine

What is E 122 additive? The food additive E122- azorubine, is a red synthetic azo dye. It can also be found under the name carmoisine or cardinal 3B. Azorubine is prepared by the coupling reaction between diazonium salt…

E415 – Xanthan Gum

What is E 415? The food additive, E 415, is a substance that acts as an emulsifier, stabiliser, thickener, filler and binder. E 451 is a fermentation gum. Chemically it is a high molecular weight polysaccharide obtained by…

E407 – Caragenan

What is E 407? The E 407 additive, carrageenan is a substance that can act as a thickener, gelling, glazing and stabiliser. Several polysaccharides extracted from red seaweeds of the Gigartimaceae, Solieriaceae, Hypneaceae and Furcellariaceae families of the…