"Food Additives" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Substances which are of little or no nutritive value, but are used in the processing or storage of foods or animal feed, especially in the developed countries; includes ANTIOXIDANTS; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; FOOD COLORING AGENTS; FLAVORING AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS (both plain and LOCAL); VEHICLES; EXCIPIENTS and other similarly used substances. Many of the same substances are PHARMACEUTIC AIDS when added to pharmaceuticals rather than to foods.
| Descriptor ID |
D005503
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D27.720.368 J02.500.512
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| Concept/Terms |
Food Additives- Food Additives
- Additive, Food
- Additives, Food
- Food Additive
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| 2010 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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