Food additive

Introduction: Food additive

Description of Food additive

Food additive: substances which are of little or no nutritive value, but are used in the processing or storage of foods or animal feed; includes antioxidants, food preservatives, colorings, flavorings, antiinfective agents, and excipients and other similarly used substances.
Source: CRISP

Food additive: Substances which are of little or no nutritive value, but are used in the processing or storage of foods or animal feed, especially in the developed countries; includes ANTIOXIDANTS; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; FOOD COLORING AGENTS; FLAVORING AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS (both plain and LOCAL); VEHICLES; EXCIPIENTS and other similarly used substances. Many of the same substances are PHARMACEUTIC AIDS when added to pharmaceuticals rather than to foods.
Source: MeSH 2007

Food additive: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Food additive:

• Food
• Food symptoms (1806 causes)
• Additive

Terms associated with Food additive:

Related Topics

• Pharmaceutic Aids

Source - MeSH 2007

More specific terms for Food additive:

• Food Coloring Agents
• Food Preservatives
• Fat Substitutes
• Flavoring Agents

Source - MeSH 2007

• antioxidant
• butylated hydroxytoluene
• carrageenan
• pectin
• sweetening agent

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Food additive

• Specialty Uses of Chemicals
• Food

Source - MeSH 2007

• food science /technology

Source - CRISP

The term Food additive can be used for:

• food additive interaction

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Food additive

The following list attempts to classify Food additive into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Chemical Actions and Uses
  • Specialty Uses of Chemicals
    • Food Additives

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Food and Beverages
  • Food
    • Food Additives

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