Know the chemicals in your food!
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Know The Chemicals in Your Food!
Types of ingredients added into food• Preservatives
• Sweeteners
• Emulsifiers
• Stabilizers and Thickeners, Binders, Texturizers
Preservatives• Purpose: Prevent food spoilage from bacteria, molds, fungi, or yeast. It helps to
slow or prevent changes in color, flavor, or texture and delay rancidity and maintain freshness.
• Applications: Fruit sauces and jellies, beverages, baked goods, cured meats, oils and margarines, cereals, dressings, snack foods, fruits and vegetables
• Chemicals involved: Ascorbic acid, citric acid, sodium benzoate, calcium propionate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, calcium sorbate and potassium sorbate
Sweeteners• Purpose: Improve the sweetness of food without adding extra calories.
• Applications: Beverages, baked goods, confections, table-top sugar, substitutes, many processed foods
• Chemicals involved: Sucrose (sugar), glucose, fructose, sorbitol, mannitol, corn syrup, high fructose corn syrup, saccharin, aspartame, sucralose and acesulfame potassium
Emulsifiers• Purpose: It is to allow smooth mixing of ingredients and prevent separation of
products. It keeps emulsified products stable, reduce stickiness, control crystallization, keep ingredients dispersed, and help products dissolve more easily
• Applications: Salad dressings, peanut butter, chocolate, margarine and frozen desserts.
• Chemicals involved: Soy lecithin, mono- and diglycerides, egg yolks, polysorbates and sorbitan monostearate
Stabilizers and Thickeners, Binders, Texturizers• Purpose: They help to produce a uniform texture and improve "mouth-feel".
• Applications: Frozen desserts, dairy products, cakes, pudding and gelatin mixes, dressings, jams, jellies and sauces
• Chemicals involved: Gelatin, pectin, guar gum, carrageenan, xanthan gum and whey