Food Additive

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-011439",
  "term": "Food Additive",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Any substance added to food to: 1) maintain product consistency, 2) improve or maintain nutritional value, 3) maintain palatability or wholesomeness, 4) provide leavening or control pH, or 5) enhance flavor or impart desired color.\n\n2. 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; and other similarly used substances. Many of the same substances are pharmaceutic aids when added to pharmaceuticals rather than to foods.\n\n3. Meaning contained in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, 21 U.S.C. 321 et seq., and the regulations issued under such Act [40 CFR 710.3 (CFR 2013)]",
  "references": [
    "USDA National Agricultural Library Glossary",
    "NLM Medical Subject Headings (MeSH)",
    "40 CFR 720.3 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/food-additive/"
}