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

The owner of a soap maker and food additive company gave up his stake in Aston Villa.

From New York Times

But danger was lurking in the form of the Delany Clause in the Food Additives Amendment of 1958, which prohibits food additives that have been found to cause cancer.

From Salon

In the experiment, the first person in the chain read a set of articles about either nuclear power or food additives.

From Scientific American

Highly potent methane from the digestion process in livestock needs to fall by 30%, it says, with nutrition and food additives helping to limit those emissions.

From BBC

“And a long list of food additives is a sign that a food is highly processed.”

From Washington Post

Related Words

• preservative