Food Additives

Food additives are substances added to food to preserve flavour or improve its taste and appearance. Some additives have been used for centuries; for example, preserving food by pickling (with vinegar), salting, as with bacon, preserving sweets or using sulfur dioxide as in some wines. There are both Natural & Artificial food additives.

List of Food Additives

• Acidity regulators
• Anti-caking agents
• Anti-foaming agents
• Food coloring
• Color fixatives
• Color retention agents
• Emulsifiers
• Firming agents
• Flavor enhancer
• Flour treatment agents
• Food acids
• Gelling agents
• Glazing agents
• Humectants
• mproving agents
• Mineral salts
• Preservatives
• Antioxidants
• Propellants
• Seasonings
• Sequestrants
• Stabilizers
• Sweeteners
• Artificial sweeteners
• Thickeners
• Vegetable gums
• Caffeine and other GRAS (generally recognized as safe) additives such as Sugar and Salt are not required to go through the regulation process.