additives

Food additives can prevent food from 

• spoiling/ developing mold 
• tasting bad 
• looking good 
• being good quality 

Salt is a food additive added to....

• Bread
• Bacon
• Bananas 
• Fish

Excessive use of food additives are

• okay and normal 
• can be poisonous 

Some food additives improve and maintain the nutritional value of the food 

• True 
• False 

Fat substitues...

• have less calories than regular fat 
• are used to make food taste better 
• are worse than actual fat 
• are used in the production of high-calories foods 

Which of these is NOT a role of food additives?

• Preserving the lifespan of food.
• Providing additional calories to food.
• Changing the color of food.
• Enhancing the flavor of food.

How do thickeners improve a food product?

• They prevent spoilage due to oxygenation.
• They increase the viscosity of a product.
• They preserve the flavor of a product.
• They keep food from drying out.

Which food additive is used to create mayonnaise and ice cream, which requires mixing water and fat?

• Emulsifier
• Bulking agent
• Humectant
• Anticaking agent

If you are making a packet of powdered parmesan cheese, and are concerned about it hardening into clumps, you should use a:

• Stabilizer
• Anticaking agent
• Thickener
• Sweetener

If you are adding vanilla flavor obtained from lignin (wood pulp), you are using a(n):

• Natural flavor
• Artificial flavor