FOOD ADDITIVES

FOOD ADDITIVES

Multiple Choice

------ is an effect of unhealthy eating habit

• underweight

• overweight

• stomach ache

• marasmus

​MEANING OF FOOD ADDITIVE

Food additive is any substance added to food at the time of production to become part of food.

Multiple Choice

any substance added to food at the time of production to affect its charcteristics is called

• ingridients

• food additive

• food poison

• any of the above

​USES OF FOOD ADDITIVE

1. Colouring

2. bleaching

3. thickening

4. sweetening

5. preserving

Multiple Choice

uses of food additives are

• cooking

• colouring

• lifting

• reading

​USES OF FOOD ADDITIVE

1. Give the food a smooth and consistent texture: Emulsifiers prevent liquid products from separating

2. Improve or preserve the nutrient value

3. Maintain the wholesomeness of foods

4. Add taste to food

5. Provide color and enhance flavor

Multiple Choice

All these are food additives EXCEPT

• beans

• potassium bromate

• monosodium

• yeast extract

​TYPES OF FOOD ADDITIVES

• antioxidants – these stop food becoming rancid or changing colour by reducing the chance of fats combining with oxygen.

• colours.

• emulsifiers, stabilisers, gelling agents and thickeners – these help to mix or thicken ingredients.

• preservatives – used to keep food safer for longer.

Open Ended

What is your name?

​MISUSES OF FOOD ADDITIVE

1.use of additive that injurious to health. examples potassium bromatein bread

2. use of additive banned by relevant government agencies,

3. use of wrong quality of additive

4. use of expired additives

5. use of wrong quality of additive in food.

Multiple Choice

any liquid or solid substance that provides nutrients to the body is called

• water

• name

• food

• grass

​DETECTION OF MISUSE OF FOOD ADDITIVES

1. Trange colour of food

2. Taste of food

​CLASS ACTIVITY

Apart from the two mentioned above, state two ways to detect misuse of food addictive