food additives

Various types of food additives and preservatives are added to food for coloring, preserving and flavoring. The additives are typically used in minimal traces but have been suspected of triggering various reactions. Food additives are categorized into the following: Antioxidants (BHA and BHT) Food coloring and dyes (carmine, tartrazine and annatto) Preservatives (nitrates, benzoates and […]