A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives: Updated Fourth Edition (4th ed)
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (757 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0517881950 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 425 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-10 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
An essential book for anyone who wants to make informed, healthier choices at the store or at the table. This valuable listing of more than 8,000 food additives includes those that indirectly end up in your food as a result of processing and procuring techniques, and explains the new food labels that are required on products.
The dictionary format lets you look up an ingredient alphabetically and learn what it is, how and why it's used, and the benefits and risks. What am I eating? This book answers that question by describing more than 8,000 ingredients found in foods. There's a helpful chart of food storage guidelines, and resources (including Web sites) for people with food allergies or sensitivities. Ruth Winter, an award-winning science writer, is also the author of A Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients and several other books. --Joan Price. For example, the entry on "civet, absolute" explains that this essential oil used as a flavoring is "derived from the unctuous secretions from the receptacles between the anus and genitalia of both the male and female civet cat." No
Very useful, to a point I have severe food allergies, and must take great care to avoid the foods/ingredients that can trigger a severe allergic reaction. While I find this book to be of some use, it would help me more if it gave more indication what the various additives are derived from. I found one glaring error in the book, that could have been a disaster for me, if I didn't alread. A Mom said A good reference book. This is a good reference book to have on your shelf. It may not expound for pages and pages on every item, but it certainly gives a reasonably good yet brief definition of each entry. While I was surprised to see certain entries, such as oregano and cinnamon, I was not surprised at all to see such entries as aspartame, azo dyes, and monosodium glutamate.The comp. Buy the Book But Be where This book is a wonderfull reasource, not only will it alert the person with sensitivitys to many food additives about the danjors of them, but it may also help prevent varyouse diseases and conditions. This book will scare you if you thought the FDA would keep you safe. This is a good thing a skeptic is almost always the right approch to any thing, espectally wi
. She is also the author of A Consumer's Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients and A Consumer's Dictionary of Medicines: Prescription, Over-the-Counter, Homeopathic, and Herbal. Ruth Winter, M.S., is an award-winning science writer who is nationally known for her many books and for her magazine articles in Family Circle, Woman's Day, Omni, and Reader's Digest