Introduction
Nowadays, with the modern technology development, there are more and more different chemistry uses in food industry, like food storage, transportation and many ways which will need food additives to keep food fresh and nutritious. The food additive’s main difference lies in whether it is naturally formed or artifically synthesized. Except from this, China divides food additives into 24 different food additives including flavoring agents, coloring agents, bleaching agent, texturizing agents, miscellaneous additives and so on; they play very important role in our daily life.
Recently there is a news titled “Kids ' Use of Artificial Sweeteners Spiked in Recent Years” reported connection between the sugar substitutes and obesity.
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The importance of sweetness is introspected in the world production of sugar, which rose from 8 million tons in 1900 to 70 million tons in 1970. Any other agricultural product has shown a similar huge increase in production during the same time.
2 Food additives’ advantages and disadvantages
2.1 Food additives’ advantages
The advantages of food additives are obvious. Without food additives, it would be impossible to maintain the high standards of security, selection and convenience in our food supply [2][3][4]. We can find its advantage in maintaining or improving safety and foods’ freshness, to improve or maintain nutritional value and improve taste, texture and appearance.
1. To improve taste, texture and appearance
There are some food additives that can improve the taste, like spices, natural and artificial flavors, and sweeteners are added to enhance the tast of food. Some food additives can give foods expected texture and consistency consumers expect like emulsifiers, stabilizers and thickeners.
2. To maintain or improve safety and
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2.2 Food additives’ disadvantage
Except from the advantages of food additives, there are also many risks and negative effects from food additives. We can find many news in our daily life about food additives leading to some diseases, and many people now are really worried about the use of food additives, so the regulation and basic information about the negative impacts on food additives is important.
3 Regulations in food additives’ use
3.1 European food additives’ regulations
Every member country of the European Union (EU) has had for many years its own legislation on food additives. Foods composed of a vital part of the economy. And food additive legislation has proved to be a useful means for protectionist measures and for trade block across frontiers. The idea is now generally accepted that open markets promote economic development. European Food and Drug Administration make a list of all the food additives.
Categories of food additives
Color
Preservative
Antioxident
Emulsifier
Emulsifying
The sweet granular substance proved a sensation among its elite customers, and demand skyrocketed. Cultivation and processing of sugar quickly spread throughout the Antilles and the Brazilian littoral as well as to Mexico, Paraguay, and South America’s Pacific
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When it comes to the topic of sugar most of us would agree that it impacted the world. Where this agreement ends ,however, is on the question of whether good or bad. Whereas some are convinced that it was a negative change, others maintain that it was a positive change. However sugar affected the world in a negative way by causing slavery, poor work condition, inequality, and low wages.
People were forced to consume contaminated food especially meat on a daily basis. This gave birth to many diseases such as food poisoning and liver failure. They did not have any other options because there were no laws prohibiting the sale of spoiled food. Soon enough, in 1906, Federal Food and Drug Act was passed. One of the key things this act did was embargoing the sale of any food or drug which has been adulterated or misbranded (4).
The second issue has the same importance as the first one, it is a choice between taste and health issues. The decision about the taste and health will eventually be solved with a clear compromise, because both of these factors have a great potential for the market. This decision can affect all the range of products that may be released later on. First BASES indicated that health is more important in this area, but the second BASES shown that they should not ignore the "taste" because it has the great importance for consumers.
Many companies and people had failed to label foods and drugs properly claiming that they are something they are not. “Before the act, companies could alternate ingredients for a more inexpensive, low quality substitute. This made for a better profit for the producers” (“Results/Impact.”). However, with the Pure Food and Drug Act these “companies could either shut down or label the foods properly” (“Results/Impact.”). Many were against consuming products that were harmful to them which is why “[t]he House vote was 240-17” (Robertson, Derek, et al.), making the Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 “one of the most daring demonstrations of bureaucratic autonomy in the history of the United States” (“Pure Food and Drug Act (1906).”).
Due to the growing popularity of processed foods and the nation 's abysmal knowledge of them, writer Brian Rohrig argues that food coloring is an important attribute in the foods we eat in his article “Eating with your Eyes: The Chemistry of Food Colorings”. The author uses reasons, evidence, and effective word choice about how what makes a good food coloring, the best sources of natural food coloring and the benefits of synthetic food coloring to strengthen the logic and persuasiveness of his argument. Rohrig 's argument is also furthered when he appeals to the emotions of the reader. By referring the future, it causes the reader to think more in-depth about food coloring and how it may affect the future.
The Pure Food and Drug act of 1906 was the 1st consumer protection law by the Federal Government, this act was passed by President Theodore Roosevelt. The main purpose of the Pure Food and Drug act was to prohibit transportation of contaminated, poisonous, and misbranded foods, drugs, medicines and liquors. Without the pure food and drug act our food, medication, and other product would be filled with dangerous chemicals that would have harm in our health and potentially cause death. Before the 20th century, there were no laws or regulations that protected Americans from hazardous foods and medicines. This meant that there were no restrictions of what chemicals could be put in one’s food or medicine, leaving the open to mass deaths of contaminated or poisonous products.
Intro It’s a sunny, warm day kids playing outside and healthy, well that was back then. It’s still warm and sunny but now, kids are inside glued to their electronics and not healthy. Why? What caused this?
Processed includes chemically processed, refined ingredients, and artificial substances. They have many artificial ingredients with many to zero real food. Using preservatives manufactures can stop spoiling, colorants to make desirable, with flavor and text rants. The production and consumption of processed foods and the artificial ingredients has lead to numerous health related problems in today’s society, including low nutritional intake, over consumption, obesity and illness. II.
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In addition to other additives, natural flavors and colors can mean that it is not natural. a. Could mean ground up bugs b. Certain dyes lead to hyper activity in children c. The more coloring, the more the food is junk IV. Over many years, our society’s reliance and addiction to processed foods has been growing rapidly for a variety of
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Keep in mind that processed foods can contain dozens of additional chemicals that aren’t even listed on the label. For example, “artificial flavor” is a proprietary blend. Manufacturers don’t have to disclose exactly what it means and it is usually a combination of chemicals. For this reason, if you see “artificial flavor” on an ingredients list, it could mean that there are 10 or more additional chemicals that are blended in to give a specific
These conditions are the effects of some of the ingredients in the junk food which contain a lot of artificial food additives, iii. can lead to major health effects iv. and also swings your mood as well. b. Thesis: Throughout the United States obesity has slowly risen to an outstanding number due to the high amount of junk food consumption.