Food Additives

Course Description

COURSE CONTENT

• What are food additives, and their classification according to properties and origin.
• The safety evaluation of food additives.
• The effect of chemical and physical factors on functionality and stability of food additives.
• Benefits and risk of additives.
• Legislation on additives.
• Specific additives for particular food products and their functions

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• appraise risks and benefits of food additives
• summarize basic criteria for the use of food additives
• planning the use of food additive in different branches of food industry
• develop communication with co-experts and non-experts of the field