Understanding your food

This collection of resources produced by FAIA (Food Additives & Ingredients Association) explores the main classes of additives used in the food and drink industry and their functions and applications.

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Preservatives

This resource can be used to investigate how preservatives destroy or slow down the growth of microbes in food products. Different methods of food preservation are identified in a worksheet based activity then separate investigations look at the conditions necessary for the growth of microbes and the effects of...

Sweeteners

This resource can be used to introduce how sweeteners and sugars affect blood sugar levels with a focus upon the condition of diabetes. A series of text based activities give an introduction to diabetes with a case study comprehension task as well as graphs and data table information to analyse. The foods...

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