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Food additives   

Overview | Recommendations | Side Effects | Food Sources

Alternative names:

Additives in food; Artificial flavors and color

Food Sources

Intentional or direct food additives are added to foods to produce a desired effect, such as to maintain freshness, improve nutritional quality, assist in processing or preparing food, or make a food more appealing.

Unintentional or indirect food additives are substances that are found in food during the production or the processing of a particular item. These are present in minimal quantities in the final product.

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