Food Additives

Food additives is any substance not normally consumed as a food in itself and not normally used as a characteristic ingredient of food whether or not it has nutritive value.

The Laboratory analyzes a wide range of food additives groups in many commodities, such as:

• Preservatives :
  • Benzoates and Sorbates.
  • Nitrate and nitrite.
  • Sulfites
• Sweeteners:
  • Acesulfame K, Aspartame and saccharin.
  • Cyclamate.
  • Sucralose.
• Synthetic food colors:
  • Water soluble colors allowed by certain limit( Tartrazine, Amaranth, Ponceau 4R, Allura red AC, Carmoisine, Erythrosine, Indigo carmine, Green S, Fast green, Brilliant blue and patent blue)
  • Sudan dyes forbidden at any level (Sudan I, Sudan II, Sudan III, Sudan IV, Orange G, Orange II, Para red, Sudan black B, Sudan red 7B, Sudan Red B, Sudan Red G, Sudan Yellow, Toluidine Red, Rhodamine).
• Antioxidants( propyl gallate, Octyl gallate, Dodecyl gallate, BHA, BHT and TBHQ)
• Bromate.
• Short acids (Citric acid).