Question

Select a processed food product that you regularly eat and create a list of its ingredients. (If you only consume foods prepared from basic ingredients, select a commonly used food product.) List the food additives in this product and describe the function of each.After learning about the food additives contained in this product, will you continue to purchase this product? Why or why not?

Answer 1

A processed food is any food that has been altered during freezing, canning, baking or drying.

One of the regularly used processed food is VANILLA MILK SHAKE.

This milk shake is an energy drink in which 100 ml contains

*milk-89%.,fat-4.0g, carbohydrate-15.0g, protein-3.2g, calcium-107mg, phosphorous-96mg.

The main ingredients used to prepare this product are:-

*sugar, stabilizers, edible common salt, emulsifier, artifical vanilla.

FOOD ADDITIVES. FUNCTION

1.Artificial vanilla. 1.Flavouring agent

2.Emulsifier. 2.Reduce stickness.  

Control crystalization

Prevent seperation.

3Stabilizers. 3.Limiting ice

Recrystalization

during storage.

This product is tasty but not healthy because of usage of certain food additives. While considering harmfull effects of food additives i will not continue to purchase this product personally.