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Preservatives
Flavourings Antioxidants
Food additives
Dyes Stabilisers
Thickeners
Why we have processed food?
Preservatives – To slow down or prevent the
growth of microorganisms
Preservative Example How it works
Salt Salted fish Salt or sugar draws the
water out of the cells of
Sugar Jam microorganisms and
retards their growth.
NaNO3, NaNO2 Burger, sausage,
luncheon meat Slow down the growth
Benzoic acid, Oyster sauce, tomato of microorganisms
sodium benzoate sauce, fruit juice
SO2 Fruit juice
• Artificial food dyes are often used because they are more
uniform, less expensive and have brighter colour than natural
food dyes.
enhance its visual appeal
Look yummy!
Dyes
• Azo dyes have colours such as red, orange and yellow.
• For examples:
– Tartrazine – A yellow azo dye, used in orange drinks
custard powder, sweets and apricot jam.
– Brilliant blue CF – A blue triphenyl dye, found in
beverages, jellies, confections and
syrups.
- It can be combined with tartrazine
to produce variuos shades of green.
Food additives
Advantages Disadvantages