Food Additives refers to a kind of natural or artificially synthetic chemicals which can improve the sensory properties (color, smell, taste) of food and food quality. To the adult foods, we can add some additives according to the China's health standards. However, the food additives should be strictly controlled to be applied to infant foods. Infant body has a relative weak detoxification mechanisms or protection mechanisms, being likely to cause the accumulation of large quantities of chemical substances. The World Health Organization and many countries have specified that food additives are not allowed to be supplemented to the infant food. Children's food should also be limited from using of food additives such as saccharin, colorings and flavors. Especially, for the food of baby of less than 12-week-old such as infant formula and cereal products, they should be completely free of food additives. Classification of the food additives: Food additives can be divided into two categories including natural food additives and synthetic food additives. Natural food additive is obtained through using animal and plant or microbial metabolites as raw materials and further extraction. Chemical synthetic additives are obtained through de novo synthesis using chemical substances as raw materials. According to the usage purpose and the nature of chemicals, food additives can be divided into various categories, namely: (1) acid, alkali, salt; (2) bulking agent; (3) antioxidant and synergist; (4) the carrier solvent ; (5) edible pigment; (6) emulsifier, stabilizer and thickener; (7) enzyme preparation for food processing; (8) antifoaming agent; (9) the flavorant (10) bleaching agent; (11) color former; (12) quality improver; (13) sweetener; (14) preservative; (15) sour agent; (16) anti-caking agent; (17) coagulant and
Application in Meat Products & Food Industry of Organic Acids
Benzoic Acid. Sodium benzoate, a derivative of benzoic acid, is a chemical preservative frequently added to food, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product formulations, although the use of sodium benzoate
Mar 10,2022 Food AdditivesAcetic Acid - Application in Meat Processing & Food Industry
Acetic or ethanoic acid is a monocarboxylic acid which occurs naturally in plant and animal tissues and is also a byproduct of ethanol oxidation by Acetobacter , Gluconobacter and other heterofermenta
Mar 10,2022 Food AdditivesApplication of Fibers in Meat Products
The existing group of commercially available dietary fiber concentrates display an incredible variation in functionality. In nature they play a role as structural components and aid in the binding or
Mar 10,2022 Food AdditivesCurdlan - Ingredient in Meat Products
Curdlan is a linear homopolymer of d -glucose with β-(1, 3) glucosidic linkages, and is produced commercially from the fermentation of glucose by the bacterium Alcaligenes faecalis var. myxogenes.
Mar 10,2022 Food AdditivesGellan Gum - Application in Food Industry
Gellan gum is a high-molecular weight extracellular heteropolysaccharide produced by fermentation of a carbohydrate with a pure culture of the bacterium Sphingomonas elodea .
Mar 10,2022 Food AdditivesLocust Bean Gum - Application in Food Industry
LBG is a galactomannan vegetable gum extracted from the seeds of the carob tree. Also called carob gum or carubin, it is commonly used as a thickener and gelling agent in food products. LBG is less so
Mar 10,2022 Food AdditivesKonjac - Application in Meat Products
Konjac is the generic name for the flour formed from grinding the root of the Amorphophallus konjac (elephant yam) plant (FMC Biopolymer, 1994) . It is a food ingredient containing a high-molecular we
Mar 10,2022 Food AdditivesApplication of Microcrystalline cellulose
Microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) is mainly composed of β- 1,4-glucoside bonded linear polysaccharide [1] is a white, odorless and tasteless crystalline powder composed of free flowing short rod or pow
Mar 7,2022 Food AdditivesProperties and Applications of Gelatin
Gelatin is the heat-denatured, partially hydrolyzed form of native, insoluble collagen. Gelatin is deficient in methionine and completely devoid of tryptophan (Bailey & Light, 1989) , both essential a
Mar 4,2022 Food AdditivesFood Additive---Polysorbate 80
Polysorbate 80, also known as Tween 80, is a synthetic nonionic surfactant commonly used in food, cosmetics, and drug formulations as a solubilizer, stabilizer, or emulsifier.
Jan 18,2022 Food Additives