ADDITIVES:
A substance added to food to enhance its flavor or appearance or to preserve it. There are two types of additives use in beverage processing.
- Additives as preservative.
- Additives as Non-preservative.
ADDITIVES AS PRESERVATIVE.
Additives use to preserve food by killing microorganisms in it.
Examples:-
- Sodium benzoate(preservative).
- KMS(Preservative).
- BHA (anti-oxidant).
- BHT (anti-oxidant).
ADDITIVES AS NON-PRESERVATIVE.
Additives use to enhance the value of food or beverages .
Examples:-
- Flavors.
- Acids.
- Thickening agent.
- Colors.
Examples of colors:
- Annatto (E160b), a reddish-orange dye made from the seed of the achiote.
- Caramel coloring (E150a-d), made from caramelized sugar.
- Carmine (E120), a red dye derived from the cochineal insect, Dactylopius coccus.
- Elderberry juice (E163).
- Lycopene (E160d).
- Paprika (E160c).
- Turmeric (E100).
Examples of flavors:-
- Aspartane.
- Acesulfane-k.
- Saccharine.
- Isoamyl acetate.
- Limonene.
- Methyl anthranilate.
- Cyclamate
Examples of acids:-
- Citric acid.
- Malic acid.
- Acetic Acid.
- Tartaric acid.
- Ascorbic acid.
- Benzoic acid.