Impact of Food Additives and Preservatives: Mini Review

Ariel Pablo Lopez,

Published on: 2021-11-23

Abstract

Food additives are organic substances that are added to food in small amounts during manufacture and processing in order to improve or preserve the quality of processed meals like vegetables. Food preservatives are a type of food additive that helps to prevent food deterioration by inhibiting microbial development. With an ever-increasing global population and the necessity to store and move food from one location to another, food preservation is becoming increasingly important in order to extend shelf life and preserve and improve the quality of processed meals. Sodium benzoate, sodium chloride, and titanium dioxide are the most often used food additives and preservatives. The goal of this review is to compile the most up-to-date knowledge on food additives and their effects in order to extend the shelf life of processed foods.

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