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Descriptor English:

Food Additives

Descriptor Spanish:

Aditivos Alimentarios

Descriptor Portuguese:

Aditivos Alimentares

Synonyms English:

Additive, Food
Additives, Food
Food Additive

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Definition English:

Substances which are of little or no nutritive value, but are used in the processing or storage of foods or animal feed, especially in the developed countries; includes ANTIOXIDANTS; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; FOOD COLORING AGENTS; FLAVORING AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS (both plain and LOCAL); VEHICLES; EXCIPIENTS and other similarly used substances. Many of the same substances are PHARMACEUTIC AIDS when added to pharmaceuticals rather than to foods.

Indexing Annotation English:

D25-26 qualif

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Record Number:

5640

Unique Identifier:

D005503

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