Food Additive Types
A substance added to food which could cause a direct or indirect result affecting food characteristics.
What are food additives.
Include the consistency, smell, color, and taste, and are sometimes added due to potential decrease during processing and storage.
What is sensory characteristic?
Responsible for reviewing and surveying local commercial businesses, food production locations, and food preparation locations, such as health departments.
What are local agencies?
Ensure safety of everything except for meat, poultry, and eggs.
What is FDA?
What does GRAS stand for?
What is generally recognized as safe?
Substances present in food at an insignificant level which have no technical or functional effect. (Ex.- production line oil, liquid nitrogen)
What are incidental additives.
Enhanced with the use of food additives to better/maintain vitamins and minerals in our food.
What is nutritive value?
Requires extensive approval process for meat and poultry products before including additives in foods.
What is Food Safety & Inspection Service?
Evaluate safety of food additives and GRAS substances.
What are National Agencies?
Works closely with multiple USDA programs to promote the use of IFAC members' products.
What are international agencies?
Deliberately added to foods to act as preservatives, aid in processing, and improve quality of food.
What are intentional additives?
Restrict the growth of spoilage and harmful pathogens in food and are often combined with other preservation techniques. (ex.- sodium chloride and salt)
What are antimicrobials?
Oversees the regulations for food additives for monitory and safe use.
What is Food & Drug Administration?
Are monitored by the FSIS for inspection processes. (Responsible for meat and poultry sold and produced)
What are State Agencies?
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Chemical compounds extracted from animals, plants, or minerals that can be harmful when eaten in excess. (ex.- salt and sugar)
What are natural additives?
List some reasons as to why food preservatives are used in processing.
What is to inhibit growth of microorganisms, slow down damages caused by harmful pathogens, control contamination which cause foodborne illnesses, and increase shelf life.
Represents manufacturers and end users of food ingredients globally, such as food additives.
What is International Food Additives Council?
Ensures safety of nation's commercial supply of meat, poultry and processed eggs.
Food Safety & Inspection Service
May or may not be present in the final food product. They can be extracted from animal/plant products and microorganisms. Used as alternatives to chemical-based technology, and used in baking to improve dough and manufacturing of fruit juices to increase yield.
What are enzyme preparations?
The result of an enzymatic or chemical reaction, and they are often found in processed foods.
What are synthetic additives?
The specific food additive used to prevent or delay deterioration and contain an additional oxygen molecule. Examples include vitamin C/E, selenium, and carotenoids.
The agency responsible for inspection of meat and poultry sold and produced within the state.
What are state agencies?
Must review safety of the food additives manufacturers and distributors can market them.
What is FDA?
List the four functions of food additives.
What is preserving, increasing nutritive value, enhancing sensor characteristics, and enzyme preparations?