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food_additive

food additive

English

Noun

food additive ‎(plural food additives)

Any non-food substance added to food in order to improve its flavour, appearance or shelf life

Translations

non-food substance added to food

Chinese:
Mandarin: 食品添加劑, 食品添加剂 ‎(shípǐn tiānjiājì)
Finnish: elintarvikelisäaine, lisäaine (fi)
French: additif alimentaire (fr) m

Galician: aditivo alimentario (gl) m
Italian: additivo alimentare m
Japanese: 食品添加物 ‎(しょくひんてんかぶつ, shokuhin tenkabutsu)
Swedish: livsmedelstillsats c

See also

E number
list of food additives on Wikipedia