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Food Additives & Ingredients Association
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Introduction to food additives
This resource introduces students to the seven main classes of food additives used in the U.K. food and drinks industry. These comprise of preservatives, sweeteners, anti-caking agents, antioxidants, colours, flavourings and emulsifiers. A short video acts as a starting point to the activities that follow. A series of different text based tasks include analysis of food labels, matching ingredients to products and E numbers to their chemical names. There are opportunities to debate and discuss food safety issues and design a dietary card game.
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Guess the food from the labels 30.13 KB
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Reading the label 38.64 KB
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Would you eat these for breakfast 28.69 KB
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Finding the additives 28.65 KB
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Food ingredients card game 85.04 KB
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Food safety 33.77 KB
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Guess the food from the labels 30.13 KB -
Reading the label 38.64 KB
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Would you eat these for breakfast 28.69 KB
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Finding the additives 28.65 KB
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Food ingredients card game 85.04 KB
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Food safety 33.77 KB
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