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

Sodium phosphate and carrageenan are common food additives.

From Los Angeles Times

Their goal was to determine whether exposure to specific preservative food additives was associated with cancer risk in adults.

From Science Daily

Preservatives are part of the broader category of food additives and are widely used throughout the global food supply.

From Science Daily

Both are currently unregulated and not approved for use in the United States or the state of California as a drug product, dietary supplement or an approved food additive, according to the U.S.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Science Daily

Related Words

• preservative