What are the main food additives
Sweeteners are sweeteners that give food to sweetness. Commonly used are: sodium saccharin (that is, people used to call the saccharin), sodium cyclohexyl sulfamate (sodium cyclamate), maltitol, sorbitol, xylitol and so on. There are a lot of foods that use sweeteners. Like: beverages, pickles, pastries, biscuits, bread, ice cream, candied fruit, candy, seasonings, canned meat and other daily life is almost common food will add different types of sweeteners.
Colorants: mainly used for carbonated drinks, fruit juice drinks, preparation of wine, pastries on the color, candy, hawthorn products, pickled vegetables, ice cream, jelly, chocolate, cream, instant coffee and other food. Often used are: amaranth, carmine, lemon yellow, sunset yellow, caramel pigments and other synthetic pigments. Some natural edible pigments such as sodium chlorophyllin are mainly extracted from plant tissues, but their pigment content and stability are generally not as good as synthetic pigments, as well as naturally equivalent pigments.
Mainly used for carbonated drinks, fruit mud, jam, candy fruit, candied fruit, pickles, soy sauce, vinegar, fruit juice drinks, meat, fish, eggs, poultry food. Commonly used are: benzoic acid, sodium benzoate, sorbic acid, potassium sorbate and so on.
Spices: candy and chocolate in the general essential oils, flavors, powder spices extract several types. Each type and there are numerous varieties, such as candy and chocolate, according to the flavor can be divided into fruit type, nuts fragrance, frankincense, floral type, wine type and other different varieties.
