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Food Additives

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Definition: 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.  D25-26 qualif   
See Also Pharmaceutic Aids
Examples Fat Substitutes; Food Coloring Agents; Food Preservatives 		Other names Food Additive; Additives, Food; Additive, Food
Substances having this pharmacologic action: potassium bromate; oleylamide; betadex; polydextrose; pyranine; xanthan gum; Sodium Glutamate; Calcium Citrate; Pectins; Edetic Acid
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSourceDrugs*
neotame  0   *Dipeptides Sweetening Agents Food Additives. World Rev Nutr Diet 1999;85:52-7
Herbalife  0   Ephedra Food Additives. Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult 1994 Mar-Apr;(2):43-4
CANTAMEGA 2000  0   Organic Chemicals Food Additives. Rev Roum Physiol 1991 Jan-Jun;28(1-2):13-6
Unipit  0   Organic Chemicals Food Additives. Vopr Pitan 1991 Sep-Oct;(5):35-8
acetyl di-starch adipate  63798-35-6 Starch, acetate hexanedioate  Starch/*analogs & derivatives Food Additives. J Assoc Off Anal Chem 1982;65(2):238
Vivonex  93197-02-5 Vivonex  Organic Chemicals Food Additives Food, Formulated. Am J Nurs 75(11):2014;1975; Clin Sci Mol Med 55(5):509;1978; Monogr Hum Genet 9:29;1978

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