food additive

noun

What does food additive mean?

Substances added intentionally to foodstuffs to perform certain technological functions, for example to colour, to sweeten or to help preserve foods. In the European Union all food additives are identified by an E number. The most common additives to appear on food labels are antioxidants (to prevent deterioration caused by oxidation), colours, emulsifiers, stabilisers, gelling agents and thickeners, preservatives and sweeteners.

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food additive in other languages

aditivi alimentari
RON RON
élelmiszer-adalékanyag
HUN HUN
additivo alimentare
Italian Italian
добавка в храна
BUL BUL
dodatek do żywności
Polish Polish
maisto priedas
LIT LIT
levensmiddelenadditief
Dutch Dutch
πρόσθετα τροφίμων
ELL ELL
lisaaine
EST EST
potravinárske aditívum
SLK SLK
додатак храни
SRP SRP
elintarvikelisäaine
Finnish Finnish
potravinářské aditivum
CES CES
адитив
MKD MKD
pārtikas piedeva
LAV LAV
përbërës shtesë në ushqim
SQ
SQI
aditivo alimentario
Spanish Spanish
additif alimentaire
French French
breiseán bia
GL
GLE
živilski dodatek
SLV SLV
dodatak hrani
HRV HRV
aditivo alimentar
Portuguese Portuguese
Lebensmittelzusatzstoff
German German
addittiv alimentari
MLT MLT

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