Merits and Demerits of Food Additives

Xuening Yang and Yong Zhan

Asian Agricultural Research, 2014, vol. 06, issue 02, 2

Abstract: Food additive is a double-edged sword. It has merits and demerits. Food additives have such merits as improving sensory properties of foods, preventing deterioration and extending the shelf life, increasing varieties of foods, enhancing convenience of foods, facilitating food processing, and satisfying other demands. However, excessive and illegal use of food additives will exert adverse influence on food security. Therefore, it is required to take proper measures to bring merits of food additives into full play, and get rid of their demerits.

Keywords: Agribusiness (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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