A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives: Descriptions in Plain English of More Than 12,000 Ingredients Both Harmful and Desirable Found in Foods

by Ruth Winter

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"With our culture's growing interest in organic foods and healthy eating, it is important to understand what food labels mean and to learn how to read between the lines. This completely revised and updated edition of A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives gives you the facts about the safety and side effects of more than 12,000 ingredients--such as preservatives, food-tainting pesticides, and animal drugs--that end up in food as a result of processing and curing. It tells you what's safe show more and what you should leave on the grocery-store shelves" -- back cover. show less

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Ruth Winter, M.S. is an award-winning health and science writer

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A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives: Descriptions in Plain English of More Than 12,000 Ingredients Both Harmful and Desirable Found in Foods

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Nonfiction, Reference, Food & Cooking, Health & Wellness, General Nonfiction, Science & Nature
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664.06Applied science & technologyChemical engineeringFood technology
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TX553 .A3 .W55TechnologyHome economicsHome economicsNutrition. Foods and food supply
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