Talk:List of food additives, Codex Alimentarius
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Isn't lecithin an emulsifying agent, rather than an antioxidant? -- Malcolm Farmer
- It's both, I missed the second. Thanks. --Carey Evans
What about Olestra? Doesn't it qualify as an additive? -- Emperorbma 05:54, 30 Dec 2003 (UTC)
- The list is based on data from the sites listed at the bottom, so it currently only lists additives that were approved, at least in the past, for use in Europe, Australia or New Zealand. Yes, olestra counts as a food additive, but as far as I know only the US FDA has approved its use. I'll look at adding it and some others in the appropriate location. --Carey
What about water? Many manufacturers add water in order to provide the most useful expedient of making their products weigh more. The water has no harmful effect on the customer except economically and ergonomically. Water is added generally to meat products where it is held in place by special animal protein products and usually at around 10% to the weight. Just look at the bacon in your supermarket: when it says 87% meat that means 13% unnecessarily added water. I'm thinking of setting up a link to unnecessarily added water. Thoughts, anyone? Matt Stan 01:35, 15 Mar 2004 (UTC)
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- Water can have different functions in foods. But yes, there are some that add it just for weight. For instance, Ball Park says "plump when you cook them". That's the water; read the ingredient list.
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- Then, say on chicken, it actually forms a protective layer. It helps check the chicken fresh, and moisture in. It also creates a barrier against microbos.
- meatclerk 14:19, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
I think there should be some effort to show which of these are or are not FDA approved... I listed as many color numbers as i could find, which is a start --Random832 21:03, 2004 Jun 14 (UTC)
- Have at it.
- meatclerk 14:19, 13 May 2006 (UTC)
The wording of the paragraph at the top is confusing.
- In the European Union, approved food additives are written with a prefix of 'E'. Australia and New Zealand have their own set of approved additives, which are not written with a prefix letter. In the table below, food additives approved for Europe are listed with an E, see list of E number, and those approved for Australia and New Zealand with an A.
Which is it? --61.9.212.103 05:03, 10 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- I think the wording makes it fairly clear that the 'A' is only added to the table to mark which additives are approved in Aus/NZ (In the table below [...]). How could it be changed to make it clearer? -- JTN 15:49, 2005 Feb 21 (UTC)
- I just changed the wording a bit; it now reads In the table below, food additives approved for Europe are listed with an 'E', and those approved for Australia and New Zealand with an 'A'. See also the list of E numbers. I would still like this page way more informative, but properly merging this article with E number comes first --Sytse 15:57, 7 October 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Redundancy with list in E number
See Talk:E number. -- JTN 16:03, 2005 Feb 21 (UTC)
