All About Food Additives

Synopsis: Educational film. Most foods that we purchase for every day consumption, and those that we eat a little less often, contain additives of various descriptions. In fact humans have been using food additives for thousands of years, including salt, spices, colourings and flavourings.

This programme looks at food additives, including colours, flavours, emulsifiers, gelling agents and stabilizers, preservatives and antioxidants, and processing aids that gets added to our foods and why we use them. Lief Lundin, a food scientist discusses these additives, why we use them and what the impacts of their use on our food are.
Language: English
Country: Australia
Year of release: 2012
Subjects: Health Education; Catering
Keywords: food; food technology; home economics; additives

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