FOOD 2420 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Dietary Supplement, Coronary Artery Disease, Dietary Fiber
5 Aug 2015
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Chapter 7| food additives, food laws, and dietary supplements. Chemical or other substance that becomes a part of a food product intentionally or accidentally, most are intentional. Indirect additives: contaminants, are anticipated and have controls in place to restrict occurrence to minimal level. Adulteration: deliberate addition of cheap ingredients to make it appear of high quality illegal. Legal definition includes any substance used in production, processing, treatment, packaging, transportation, or storage therefore radiation or ionizing energy counts! Quality has to do with food additives keep food wholesome and appealing. Improve or maintain nutritional value: maintain product consistency. 2: maintain palatability and wholesomeness, provide leavening or control acidity/alkalinity, enhance flavour or impart desired colour. Additive"s efficacy function in food system. Not significantly diminish nutritional value, not compensate for improper manufacturing or inferior product to deceive. Should be detectable by defined method of analysis. Absolute safety of any substance cannot be proven.
