Study of Harmful Effects of Consuming Food Additives and Public Awareness
Keywords:
Food , Food Additives, Colouring Agents, Flavouring Agents , Food Allergies.Abstract
Food additives have been used for centuries to enhance the appearance and flavour of food and prolong shelf life. Food additives are chemicals added to foods to keep them fresh or to enhance their colour, flavour or texture. Additives are used to maintain product consistency and quality improve or maintain nutritional value, maintain palatability and wholesomeness provide leavening (yeast), control pH, enhance flavour, or provide colour. Some additives are known to be harmful to the human body. Some are classified as carcinogens or cancer causing agents. The excessive intake of food additives for a prolonged period of time will effect our health. The side effects arising from taking food additives are allergy, cancer, brain damage and hyperactivity. This report aims to review the available literature on the various effects of food additives on human being and uses by food producers and food consumers. Many effects like food allergies, food intolerance, cancer, hyperactivity, brain damage, nausea, cardiac disease among others have been reported.
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