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Food additives: Can I have your E number?

Food additives: Can I have your E number?

Update: 2024-11-20
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We’ve been looking for ways to preserve food for millennia. Salt helped many civilisations develop. We pickled food in vinegar and stored fruit in honey. But for what purpose are food additives used today? And how did the emergence of supermarkets change this? What about health risks? Join us as we take some foods off the shelves to investigate! Listen out for tips on maintaining a healthy diet and how to decipher what’s on your food labels.

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Food additives: Can I have your E number?

Food additives: Can I have your E number?

European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)