Are Food Additives Hindering Your Health?

Today we will discuss a requested topic - food additives. For centuries, ingredients have served useful functions in a variety of foods. Our ancestors used salt to preserve meats and fish, added herbs and spices to improve the flavor of foods, preserved fruit with sugar, and pickled cucumbers in a vinegar solution. Today, consumers demand and enjoy a food supply that is flavorful, nutritious, safe, convenient, colorful and affordable. Food additives and advances in technology help make that possible. This episode will provide you with helpful background information about food and color additives: what they are, why they are used in foods and how they are regulated for safe use. Tune in to find out more! Follow us on social media: Facebook - Achieving Your Best Instagram - aybspringfield Twitter - AYBspringfield