Essential guide to food additives /
Food additives have played and still play an essential role in the food industry. Additives span a great range from simple materials like sodium bicarbonate, essential in the kitchen for making cakes, to mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids, an essential emulsifier in low fat spreads and in bread....
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leatherhead, Surrey : Cambridge, U.K. :
Leatherhead Food International ; Royal Society of Chemistry,
2013.
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Edición: | 4th ed. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Ch. 1 Food Additives and Why They Are Used / Lynn Insall
- 1.1.What are Additives?
- 1.2.Preservatives
- 1.3.Antioxidants
- 1.4.Emulsifiers and Stabilisers
- 1.5.Colours
- 1.6.Sweeteners
- 1.7.Flavour Enhancers
- 1.8.Flavourings
- 1.9.Other Additives
- 1.10.Safety of Additives
- 1.11.Intolerance
- 1.12."Clean Labels"
- 1.13.Conclusion
- References
- ch. 2 Safety of Food Additives in Europe / Susan M. Barlow
- 2.1.Introduction
- 2.2.Definition of a Food Additive
- 2.3.European Legislation and the Safety Assessment Process
- 2.3.1.The Framework Legislation
- 2.3.2.Legislation on Specific Classes of Additives
- 2.3.3.The Role of the European Food Safety Authority
- 2.3.4.General Criteria for the Use of Food Additives
- 2.4.Origin of "E" Numbers
- 2.5.Safety Testing of Food Additives
- 2.5.1.Toxicological Tests Required
- 2.5.2.Outcomes of Toxicity Tests
- 2.5.3.Relevance of Effects Observed in Animals for Human Risk Assessment
- 2.6.Risk Assessment of Food Additives
- 2.6.1.Derivation of an Acceptable Daily Intake
- 2.6.2.Comparison of Exposure to Food Additives in the Diet with ADIs
- 2.6.3.Re-evaluation of Permitted Additives
- 2.7.Conclusions
- References
- ch. 3 The Development of Food Additive Legislation in Europe / David Jukes
- 3.1.Fundamentals
- 3.2.Stage One
- Early Harmonisation Attempts
- 3.3.Stage 2
- Creating the Internal Market
- 3.4.Stage Three
- Changing Emphasis: from Trade to Public Health
- ch. 4 European Legislative Framework Controlling the Use of Food Additives / Devina Sankhla
- 4.1.Introduction
- 4.2.EU Food Law Framework
- 4.2.1.EU Food Improvement Agents Package
- 4.2.2.EU Regulation (EC) No. 1333/2008 on Food Additives
- 4.2.3.EU Purity Criteria for Food Additives
- 4.3.EU Food Categories for the Use of Food Additives
- 4.4.EU Food Additives
- 4.4.1.Definition
- 4.4.2.What is not Considered a Food Additive in the EU?
- 4.4.3.EU Functional Classes of Food Additives and their Definitions
- 4.4.4.Carried-Over and Reverse Carried-Over Food Additives
- 4.5.Difference Between a Food Additive and a Processing Aid
- 4.6.How to Determine Whether a Substance Is a Food Additive or a Nutrient?
- 4.7.European Approval Process for Food Additives
- 4.7.1.European Union Lists of Approved Food Additives
- 4.7.2.EU Food Additives Database
- 4.8.EU Labelling Rules on Food Additives
- 4.8.1.Current and Future EU Labelling Legislation
- 4.8.2.Allergen Declaration
- 4.8.3.Specific Labelling for Six Food Colours
- References
- ch. 5 Legislation for Food Additives Outside Europe / Meng Li
- 5.1.Introduction
- 5.1.1.Labelling Issues
- 5.2.Codex Alimentarius
- 5.2.1.Codex General Standard on Food Additives
- 5.2.2.JECFA
- 5.2.3.Specifications
- 5.3.Food Additives Legislation in Other Countries
- 5.3.1.USA
- 5.3.2.Canada
- 5.3.3.Japan
- 5.3.4.Other Far East Countries
- 5.3.5.Mercosur
- 5.3.6.Middle East
- 5.3.7.Australia and New Zealand
- References
- ch. 6 E Numbers.