Question

What are ‘food ingredients’?

Answer 1

Ingredients:

1. Any substance that is added to food for the desired effect is referred to as a food ingredient.
2. Food additives are compounds added to foods for specific functional goals during manufacturing, storage, or packaging.
3. These are called "food ingredients."
4. Food additives are divided into two categories: direct and indirect.
5. Direct food additives are used to give special functional features to foods.
6. Indirect additives aren't introduced to food on purpose, they show up in trace levels due to processing, packaging, transportation, or storage.