Recent trends in the use of food additives in the United Kingdom

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 649-652

  Saltmarsh, Mike ^a  

^a Inglehurst Foods Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colouring foodstuffs; E numbers; Food additives; Food colours

Indexed keywords

BENZOIC ACID; FOOD ADDITIVE; FOOD DYE; FOOD PRESERVATIVE; SWEETENING AGENT;

ADVERSE EFFECTS; ANALYSIS; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PRESERVATION; HUMAN; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; STANDARDS; TRENDS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CONSUMER BEHAVIOR; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD COLORING AGENTS; FOOD LABELING; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; FOOD, PRESERVED; FOOD-PROCESSING INDUSTRY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; SODIUM BENZOATE; SWEETENING AGENTS;

EID: 84922369503     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6715     Document Type: Note

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