Food Additives

According to the provisions of my country's Food Sanitation Law (1995), food additives are artificial or natural substances added to food for the purpose of improving the color, aroma, and taste of food, as well as for the needs of anti-corrosion and processing technology. At present, there are 23 categories of food additives in my country with more than 2,000 varieties, including acidity regulators, anticaking agents, defoamers, antioxidants, bleaching agents, leavening agents, colorants, color retention agents, enzyme preparations, and flavor enhancers , Nutritional fortifiers, preservatives, sweeteners, thickeners, spices, etc.

The definition of food additives in different countries in the world is different. The Joint Food Regulatory Commission of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) defines food additives as: food additives are consciously and generally added to food in small amounts to improve food Non-nutritive substances in appearance, flavor and texture or storage properties. According to this definition, food fortifiers for the purpose of enhancing the nutritional content of food should not be included in the scope of food additives.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO) Joint Food Regulation Committee:

Food additives are non-nutritive substances that are consciously added to food in small amounts to improve the appearance, flavor, tissue structure or storage properties of the food.

European Union:

Food additives refer to any substances that are artificially added to food for technical purposes during the production, processing, preparation, treatment, packaging, transportation or storage of food.

United States:

Food additives refer to substances that are intentionally used and cause or expect to cause them to directly or indirectly become food ingredients or affect food characteristics.

China:

In accordance with Article 54 of the "Food Hygiene Law of the People's Republic of China" and Article 28 of the "Food Additive Hygiene Management Measures", as well as Article 2 of the "Food Nutrition Enhancer Hygiene Management Measures" and "Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China" 99 Article, China defines food additives as: food additives, which refer to artificial or natural substances added to food for the purpose of improving the quality and color, aroma and taste of food and for the needs of anti-corrosion, preservation and processing technology.

According to GB2760-2011 "National Food Safety Standards for the Use of Food Additives", food additives are defined as "artificial synthesis or added to food for the purpose of improving food quality and color, aroma and taste, as well as for anti-corrosion, preservation and processing requirements. Natural substances. Nutritional fortifiers, food flavors, basic ingredients in gum-based candies, and processing aids for the food industry are also included."

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Food additives have the following three characteristics: one is a substance added to food, therefore, it is generally not eaten as a food alone; the second is both synthetic and natural substances; the third is added to food The purpose is to improve the quality and color, aroma and taste of food, as well as the needs of anti-corrosion, preservation and processing technology!