Food Additives

Follow the links below to find information on food additives, including flavourings, food colourings, and sweeteners.

Reviewed July 2009

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Title:   Food Additives
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Food Additives. What are food additives and their effects on health written by Health Professionals.
Date:   Nov 2009
Title:   Healthy cooking tips
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Healthy cooking is easy. In many cases, your favourite recipes can be modified so they offer a healthier alternative. Non-stick cookware can be used to reduce the need for cooking oil. To keep valuable nutrients, microwave or steam your vegetables instead of boiling them. Cut out salt and cut down fats.
Date:   Sep 2009
Title:   Food labels explained
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Food labels carry information that will help you to make food choices. Labels will list additives, ingredients and nutrition information such as fat and protein content. Foods that have a shelf life of less than two years must carry a 'use-by' or 'best before' date. Food labels can help people with food allergies, and may also make nutrition and health claims. A food label should list the country of origin of the food product, but this statement is not always easy to interpret.
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   Food labels - what do they mean?
Publisher:   Child and Youth Health - CYH (South Australia)
Description:   It is the law in Australia that all packaged foods have food labels.
Date:   Aug 2009
Title:   FAILSAFE diet for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information by medical professionals on the FAILSAFE diet for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
Date:   Jan 2009
Title:   Media release. Food Ministers consider food labelling review
Publisher:   Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Description:   The twelfth meeting of the Australia and New Zealand Food Regulation Ministerial Council (Ministerial Council) was held in Adelaide today, 24 October, chaired by Jan McLucas, Parliamentary Secretary to the Australian Government Minister for Health and Ageing.
Date:   Oct 2008
Title:   Headache and diet
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Diet can trigger headache and migraine in susceptible people. Fluctuating blood sugar levels, caffeine withdrawal, naturally occurring food chemicals and food additives may all be factors. Hypoglycaemia (low blood sugar) may also trigger a headache or migraine. Chemicals in food such as monosodium glutamate (MSG), nitrites and amines are also possible triggers. Treatments vary according to the cause.
Date:   Sep 2008
Title:   Food additives
Publisher:   Virtual Medical Centre.com
Description:   Information on food additives and their effects on health, written by professional medical specialists.
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   High fructose processed foods linked to obesity, gout, hypertension, diabetes, cholesterol and fatty liver
Publisher:   Healthy Eating Club
Description:   There has been a 'cloud' over the health benefits of fructose added to processed foods over the last few decades. Food manufacturers have been adding pure fructose to foods in the quest to lower the glycaemic index (GI) of the food because fructose does not affect insulin production therefore is considered to be a low GI sugar (this is contrast to glucose which does raise insulin levels).
Date:   Jul 2008
Title:   Asthma and food
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Food allergies can trigger asthma attacks in some people, although this is rare. Trigger foods may include dairy products, eggs, peanuts, sulphites, monosodium glutamate (MSG), food colourings or royal jelly. A severe food allergy reaction is anaphylaxis; anaphylactic shock can be fatal.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Herbs
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Culinary herbs are herbaceous (leafy) plants that add flavour and colour to all types of meals. Herbs have nutritional value and may help to prevent and manage heart disease, cancer and diabetes. Culinary herbs include garlic, basil, oregano, fenugreek, coriander, chives and parsley. Herbs are easy and fun to grow at home.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Food additives
Publisher:   Better Health Channel
Description:   Food additives are chemicals that keep food fresh or enhance its colour, flavour or texture. Some people are sensitive to food additives, but this is rare. Reactions to food additives include hives or diarrhoea, other digestive disorders and respiratory problems such as asthma. Additives that may cause a reaction include flavour enhancers such as monosodium glutamate (MSG) 621; colourings including tartrazine 102, yellow 2G107, sunset yellow FCF110 and cochineal 120; and preservatives including benzoates 210, 211, 212, 213, nitrates 249, 250, 251, 252 and sulphites 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225 and 228.
Date:   Mar 2008
Title:   Food additives
Publisher:   Dietitians Association of Australia
Description:   Food additives play an important role in maintaining the quality of foods. The Food Standards Australia and New Zealand (FSANZ) closely monitors the types and amounts of additives in food.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Artitifical sweeteners
Publisher:   Dietitians Association of Australia
Description:   People wanting to eat less sugar may use artificial sweeteners as a substitute. They can be found in diet food and drinks and are also available to be added to food and drinks before serving.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   More restless babies
Publisher:   Australian Breastfeeding Association
Description:   Many mothers are unaware that food additives can pass through breastmilk to affect babies and that food additives have been associated with irritability, restlessness and sleep disturbance.
Date:   Jan 2008
Title:   Additives: how to read labels
Publisher:   Raising Children Network (RCN)
Description:   Food additives and how they are used in commercial and domestic food preparation; regulations and standards.
Date:   Jan 2007
Title:   Shopping, labels, additives and storing your food
Publisher:   The Jean Hailes Foundation for Women's Health
Description:   Use-by OR Best-before date? Saturated fat or total fat? Natural vs synthetic additives. Maltodextrin and gluten. How much sodium? Cooling hot food before storing. Fresh fruit and vegetables. No Cholesterol Claims. Additive watch. What's an emulsifier?
Date:   Mar 2006
Title:   Tartrazine exclusion for allergic asthma
Publisher:   John Wiley and Sons, Ltd. for The Cochrane Collaboration
Description:   Tartrazine is the best known and one of the most commonly used food additives. Food colorants are also used in many medications as well as foods. There is no evidence that tartrazine makes asthma worse or avoiding it makes asthma patients any better....
Date:   Feb 2006
Title:   Herbs & Spices
Publisher:   Healthy Eating Club
Description:   Culinary herbs are herbaceous (leafy) plants that add flavour and colour to all types of meals. They have also been used for centuries to preserve food due to the presence of antioxidant phytochemicals.
Date:   Feb 2003
Title:   Prebiotics and probiotics
Publisher:   Healthy Eating Club
Description:   Although eating food containing specific bacteria has been popular for hundreds of years, only recently has this become accepted scientifically.
Date:   Apr 2002
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