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food additive

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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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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

The type of bacteria added to the plastic is Bacillus subtilis, widely used as a food additive and a probiotic.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2024

California, along with the EU and Japan, has already banned the use of BVO as a food additive, so it will be interesting to see if the FDA’s proposal for a national ban takes hold.

From Salon • Nov. 8, 2023

Yeast itself is considered to be a valuable food additive.

From History of Phosphorus by Farber, Eduard

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