food chemical details by chemical Man

Which chemical is used to preserve food?

5.3.3.1 Benzoic acid in the form of its sodium salt, constitutes one of the most common chemical food preservatives. Sodium benzoate is a common preservative in acid or acidified foods such as fruit juices, syrups, jams and jellies, sauerkraut, pickles, preserves, fruit cocktails, etc.

Know which toxic food ingredients to avoid:

Palm Oil. ...
Shortening. ...
White Flour, Rice, Pasta, and Bread. ...
High Fructose Corn Syrup. ...
Artificial Sweeteners. ...
Sodium Benzoate and Potassium Benzoate. ...
Butylated Hydroxyanisole (BHA) ...
Sodium Nitrates and Sodium Nitrites.
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What chemicals are used on fruits and vegetables?

Apples. 99 percent of apple samples tested positive for at least one pesticide residue.
Peaches. 98 percent of peaches tested positive for at least one pesticide residue. ...
Strawberries. A single sample of strawberry showed 13 different pesticides apiece.
Grapes. ...
Celery. ...
Spinach. ...
Sweet bell peppers. ...
Cucumbers.
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Examples of chemical food preservatives are:

Benzoates (such as sodium benzoate, benzoic acid)
Nitrites (such as sodium nitrite)
Sulphites (such as sulfur dioxide)
Sorbates (such as sodium sorbate, potassium sorbate.

What chemicals do to your body?
Breathing of contaminated air is the most common way that workplace chemicals enter the body. Some chemicals, when contacted, can pass through the skin into the bloodstream. ... Workplace chemicals may be swallowed accidentally if food, hands, or cigarettes are contaminated.