浅谈食品添加剂的误区.docVIP

外语系09级本科《专题信息寻取与处理》实践报告 中文题目： 探讨人们对食品添加剂的误解 ___________________________________ 英文题目： Discussion of People’s Misunderstanding on Food Additives 专业班级： 姓 名： 学 号： Discussion of People’s Misunderstanding on Food Additives Abstract: It’s a happy thing that recently people have paid more and more attention on food safety problems and food additives. But the majority of people still misunderstand the food additives. The purpose of this paper is to establish a correct understanding of food additives and protect consumers’ right to know. This article based on the understanding of domestic and international research on food additives; the conclusion is that food additives occupy an important part in food industry. And the article also put forward some suggestions. I hope the misunderstanding on food additives can be removed. Key Words: Food additives, Safety, Misunderstanding, Suggestions Food additives are not an uncommon word for people, but a few people really understand it. The food additive is a kind of chemical synthetic or nature substance which is used to improve food quality, prolong the time of food preservation, make it good for food processing and increase food nutrient. At present, China has 23 categories of food additives, and more than 2,000 varieties, including acidity regulator, anticaking agents, defoamers, antioxidants, bleaching agents, leavening agents, coloring agents, color fixative, enzymes preparation, flavor enhancers, nutritive fortifier, preservatives, sweeteners, thickener, spices and so on. People’s misunderstandings on food additives mainly attribute to usage of industrial nitrite and the event of current lean meat powder. In fact, industrial nitrite is not the same as the nitrite which is used in food additives; besides lean meat powder does not belong to food additives. The food additive plays a significant role in food processi