food additive

British  

noun

1. any of various natural or synthetic substances, such as salt, monosodium glutamate, or citric acid, used in the commercial processing of food as preservatives, antioxidants, emulsifiers, etc, in order to preserve or add flavour, colour, or texture to processed food

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Example Sentences

As reported in Nature Biomedical Engineering, the key to preventing organoids from clumping was xanthan gum, a widely used food additive.

From Science Daily • Oct. 18, 2025

This wasn’t the first case of the FDA banning a food additive it considers safe to comply with the Delaney clause.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 15, 2025

Each plant they use is an approved food or food additive and was chosen because of its ability to enhance Gaba in the brain.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2024

Glycerol also known as glycerine or E422 is recognized as being generally safe as a food additive by the EU and the US Food and Drug Administration.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2024

Yeast itself is considered to be a valuable food additive.

From History of Phosphorus by Farber, Eduard

Related Words

• preservative