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    5.2 Food Additives: Chapter 5: Chemicals For Consumers

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    This document discusses food additives. It defines a food additive as a natural or synthetic substance added to food to preserve, enhance or improve properties. Examples of types of food additives include preservatives to slow microbial growth, antioxidants to prevent oxidation, flavors to improve taste, thickeners, and colors to enhance visual appeal. The advantages of additives include longer shelf life and better taste and appearance, while disadvantages include potential health risks. The document provides examples of additives in baked beans and discusses sugar alternatives and reasons for using food colorings.

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    Chapter 5 : Chemicals For Consumers

    5.2 FOOD ADDITIVES

    ACTIVITY 1

    1. A food additive is a natural or synthetic substance which is added to food to_________________

    or ____________________its appearance, ________________ or ____________________

    2. Complete the chart.


    Types of additives

    3. Complete the following table.


    Type of food State the function Give two examples
    additive.
    To slow down the growth of Salt, vinegar, benzoic acid.
    microorganisms so that food can be kept
    for longer periods of time.
    To prevent oxidation that causes rancid Vitamins C and E
    fats and brown fruits

    To improve the taste of food and restore


    taste loss due to processing.
    To prevent emulsion from separating out

    To thicken food

    To add or restore the color in food to


    enhance
    Its visual appeal.

    4. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using food additives?

    ADVANTAGES DISADVANTAGES

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    Chapter 5 : Chemicals For Consumers
    5. Figure 5.6 shows a part of the label of a tin of baked beans.

    a) State the food additives present in the food.

    Baked beans in tomato sauce


    Ingredients:
    Beans, sugar, tomato puree, salt and
    spice, permitted modified starch.

    …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

    b) To which type of food additives does each of the ingredients mentioned in (a) belong
    Food additives present in baked beans in Type of food additives
    tomato sauce

    6. Sugar is used as food preservative as well as for sweetening. Patients with medical
    conditions such as diabetes mellitus or obesity must be wary of their intake of sugar.

    a) i) Name one artificial sweetener that can replace sugar.

    ………………………………………………………………………………………

    ii) Name one natural sweetener that can replace sugar.

    ………………………………………………………………………………………

    b) Artificial food colorings are used in some processed foods. Suggest two reasons for using
    food coloring.

    ……………………………………………………………………………………………….………..

    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………...

    ………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

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