When shopping, I enjoy the sight of people staring at the composition of the product on the packaging. We do not fall into the bottle with producers. We are more and more aware consumers. However, incomplete knowledge about food additives may turn out to be detrimental to our “suspect”.
Food additives are used to increase durability of the product, improve its consistency, palatability and color. People who try to eat healthy they are afraid of any such supplement included in composition on the package. In most cases, this is a good move. In in fact, all these ingredients have a safe dose, but no one will not guarantee us that when consuming several products with the same additive we will not exceed this amount.
We divide all E components into synthetic, synthetic identical to natural and natural
It is better to choose products composed of natural ingredients, z as little artificial additives as possible. However, it is worth bearing in mind that they are E components that are not harmful to us and, contrary to appearances, do not have to mean disqualifying the product from our healthy package. Examples below.
IE 300 ascorbic acid
It is nothing other than vitamin C. There is no need to convince anyone, that it has a beneficial effect on the body, and overdosing it is not easy.
Occurrence: juices and fruit nectars, beer and malt beverages, bread made exclusively from: flour wheat, water, yeast or leaven, and salt; processed foods cereals and baby food (only to regulate acidity), drinks, juices and baby foods based on fruits and vegetables, unprocessed fish, molluscs and crustaceans (including frozen and deep-frozen), powdered milk and milk concentrated, jams, jellies, marmalades and similar products, sweetened puree from chestnuts, frozen and deep-frozen unprocessed fruits and vegetables, fruits and canned or jarred vegetables, fruit compotes, packaged meat products fresh minced meat, foie gras, fats and oils for cooking or frying or making sauces, flour, fresh pasta
II E 160a (carotenoids and beta-carotene)
It has antioxidant properties, has a beneficial effect on organism.
Usage: butter (including reduced butter fat and concentrated butter), margarine, skimmed spreads bread, extruded, aerated or fruit flavored for breakfast cereal products, milk drinks, cheese, ice cream, marmalades and other similar fruit products, including products low calories, cakes, vegetables in vinegar, brine or oil (except olives), sausages, pates.
III E 160c (kapsantyna i kapsorubina)
It is harmless in food use, it even has positive effect on health.
Application: extruded, aerated or fruity flavored breakfast cereals, marmalades and other similar products fruit, including low-calorie products, ripened cheese, sery topione, cottage cheese, sausages, pates, casseroles, soups, spices.
IV E 162 (beet red and betanin)
It is safe, completely excreted from the body.
Application: sausages, pates, vegetables in vinegar, brine or oil (except olives), fruit-flavored breakfast cereals, cookies, jellies and fruit fillings, ice cream, yoghurts, jellies, marmalades and other similar fruit products including low-calorie products, drinks .
VE 160d (lycopene)
Just like its predecessor, it has a positive effect on the body.
Application: milk-based products and dairy products, spreads, gelling intermediates, soups and soup mixes, sugar, sweets, sodas, nutritional bars, marmalades and other similar products fruit, including low calorie products, spices, spice mixes spices, flavorings, pickles, mustard, spicy and roast sauces.
VI E 322 (Lecithin)
Food-safe. There are lecithins natural food ingredient. They are also essential for the functioning of the system nervous.
Application: cocoa and chocolate products, powdered milk and condensed milk, bread, pasta, oils and margarines, biscuits, rusks
VII E440 (Pectins)
They occur naturally from fruits. Most often obtained from apple pulp and orange peels. They have a beneficial effect on the body, slow down gastric emptying, increase the feeling of fullness, and reduce postprandial glycemia.
Application: jams, marmalades, fruit juices, desserts.
Remember!
Too much everything is harmful. The above substances should not embarrass us if we find them on the product packaging, however, we must bear in mind to exercise moderation. For example, the acceptable daily dose of lycopene, which in small amounts has a very beneficial effect, is 0,5 mg / kg bw.