A General Assessment of Widely Used Antimicrobial Food Additives
Abstract
Our aim is to review the trend in the past decade about the widely used antimicrobial food additives, which are the subject of studies, in terms of their functions, usage areas, acceptability levels, and their effects on human health. This review has been prepared by examining the articles published in Dergipark between 2006-2016 on antimicrobial food additives. With the working population on the rise, consumer use of packaged ready-to-eat food products has increased. During the production, preparation, transport and storage of food products, the use of food additives has become common in packaged food products in order to extend the shelf life of foods. Additionally, additives delay the recall of harmful microorganisms, enhance the taste and improve the color. A strong sentiment amongst consumers is that food additives directly cause negative effects on health is driving producers to develop food additives from natural sources instead of artificial ones.
To date, Researchers continue to study the effect of additive on human health. Many lists have been prepared by International Committees on the level of acceptability of food additives on a daily basis. As a result of these investigations, it was observed that these levels were frequently changed. Excess consumption of food additives can cause diseases such as allergy, asthma, hyperactivity and cancer. For this reason, it is important to pay attention to the doses of harmlessness specified by the International Commissions and not to consume more than the maximum recommended allowance.
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Primary Language
Turkish
Subjects
Clinical Sciences
Journal Section
Review
Authors
Arda Öztürkcan
İSTANBUL GELİŞİM ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Türkiye
Sıla Acar
İSTANBUL GELİŞİM ÜNİVERSİTESİ
Türkiye
Publication Date
April 26, 2017
Submission Date
March 7, 2017
Acceptance Date
March 16, 2017
Published in Issue
Year 2017 Number: 1