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The definition and function of food additives

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2024-07-05 15:47

Food additives are an important factor in the modern food industry, playing an extremely important role in improving the color, aroma, and taste of food, increasing food nutrition, improving food quality, improving processing conditions, preventing food spoilage, and extending food shelf life. Therefore, the food additive industry occupies an important position in the modern food industry.
1. Definition of Food Additives
Food additives refer to artificially synthesized or natural substances added to food to improve its quality, color, aroma, and taste, as well as to meet the needs of preservation and processing technology.
2. The role and development trend of food additives
(1) The main functions of food additives
(a) Can improve the quality of food, enhance the quality of food, and meet people's requirements for food flavor, color, and taste;
(b) It can make food processing and manufacturing processes more reasonable, hygienic, and convenient, which is conducive to the mechanization, automation, and scaling of the food industry;
(c) It can save resources and reduce costs in the food industry, greatly improve food quality and grade, increase its added value, and generate significant economic and social benefits.
(2) Development Trends of Food Additives
(a) Developing natural, nutritious, and multifunctional food additives;
(b) Dedicated to developing diverse and specialized additives.

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