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Additives
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As we noted in Part I because of changes in the
law, there is, today, a lot of information on
labels. But sometimes the words are so technical
that the consumer is still confused. The Kraft
Food Company has prepared an informative and
handy booklet called Additives And Our Food
Heritage which reduces a good deal of frustra
tion in reading labels. Excerpts from this helpful
and easily-read booklet will appear in a six part
series in the MONITOR Market basket. We are
sure that you will want to save this series and re
fer to it as you read these labels.
In Part I we suggested, as a help in keeping in
mind what additives do, that you make a chart
that looks like ours and add to it as you read this
column. Your chart from Part I should look like
this:
Additives on Food Labels
Purpose Label Terms
To Preserve Freshness
Microorganism Controls Calcium propionate,
Sodium benzoate.
Sorbic acid, Methyl
paraben
Antioxidants
A common type of food spoilage is the discolora
tion or flavor change caused by the oxygen in the
air. When some foods such as apples or peaches
are cut, the exposed surface turns brown. Dis
tasteful odors and flavors also develop in fats
and oils. These changes are the results of
“oxidation.”
After fresh fruits were cut, our ancestors dipped
them in fresh lemon, orange or pineapple juice to
prevent discoloration. Lard and other edible fats
were very difficult to store for an extended
period. Fat was rendered and filtered to remove
impurities, then stored in the coolest spot avail
able to prevent it from rapidly turning rancid.
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From South Africa
“South Africa urgently needs political
changes of a far-reaching character, . .
The most important and essential change
of all is that the present autocratic system
of government should be replaced by a
Sou tit African democracy. What 1 mean
by this is that the people shall govern.
All adult citizens irrespective of race,
colour, sex, income, property or educa
tional level, should have an equal share in
government, exercised through a sover-
Today antioxidants are used in canning and
freezing to preserve the color of the food. Fats
are still filtered and clarified, but we also have
antioxidants which prevent or delay oxidation
changes in processed foods containing fats and
oils such as baking mixes, margarine, mayon
naise, salad dressing and shortening.
Flavorings
Flavor is the key factor in determining whether
or not a food is acceptable. No matter how
nutritious or attractive a food may be, if the
flavor is unappealing, probably it will not be
eaten. For this reason, flavoring agents are the
largest and most diverse group of food additives.
Our forefathers found that flavorings and spices
made their foods more palatable, added variety
to routine foods and made mealtime a pleasure
rather than a necessity. Common flavorings were
vanilla, cinnamon, cloves and nutmeg.
Today, there are three general categories of
flavoring agents: natural spices and esential oils;
synthetic flavors; flavor enhancers. Synthetic
flavorings are of particular importance because
they provide us with uniform economical flavor
ings when many of the natural flavorings are in
short supply. They also have greater stability and
better maintain their flavor level throughout
processing and storage than do natural fla
vorings.
Now that we know about antioxidants and
flavorings, let’s add their “fancy” or scientific
names to our chart.
Antioxidants Butylated hydroxyanisole
(BHA)
Butylated hydroxytoulene
(BHT)
Propyl gallate
To Add Flavor: Citrus Oils
Amyl acetate, Benzaldehyde
(To be continued.)
eign assembly of equals. There can be no
substitute for such a political arrange
ment and nothing less will suffice. If the
right to vote were only to be conceived
as a gift from a ruling aristocracy, there
would not be a nation in the world en
joying democratic government today.”
Walter Sisulu
writing in November 1957
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