C1:12 food additives

Question 1

What is a food additive?

Answer 1

A food additive is a substance which added to food to improve its properties.

Question 2

Name the main types of additives

Answer 2

antioxidant-stops food reacting with oxygen and going off- Vitamin C

food colour-gives the food colour-caramel

flavour enhancer-improves the flavor of the food-monosodium glutamate

emulsifier-stops oil and water from separating- egg yolk lecithin

Question 3

What happens to fat that is left out?

Answer 3

It becomes oxidized, producing products that have a rancid smell.

Question 4

What do antioxidants help stop?

Answer 4

Fats from oxidizing.

Question 5

What is the water loving part of the emulsifier called?

Answer 5

the hydrophilic head.

Question 6

What is the oil loving part of the emulsifier called?

Answer 6

the hydrophobic tail.

Question 7

What do the different parts of the emulsifier do?

Answer 7

The hydrophillic head bonds with water molecules and the hydrophobic tail bonds with oil, helping the mixture to not separate.