Additives: Producing Desired Characteristics in Foods

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Across
  1. 5. bars the approval of any food additive found to cause cancer in humans or animals
  2. 7. over 600 additives that had been long used with no known health hazards were exempted from immediate testing and were recognized as safe
  3. 10. get into foods unintentionally
  4. 12. additive that alters or stabilizes the pH of a mixture
  5. 15. chemicals that would speed the aging process and whiten flour
Down
  1. 1. used to give foods specific characteristics or resistance to spoilage
  2. 2. more than 3,000 additives are approved for use in foods and most don't appear on the GRAS list
  3. 3. salts containing sulfur
  4. 4. a substance added to a food to cause a desired positive change in the product's characteristics
  5. 6. additives used to help products retain moisture
  6. 8. substances added to food to prevent slow spoilage and maintain natural colors and flavors
  7. 9. absorb moisture
  8. 11. component parts of food products that are generally safe
  9. 13. the zone between the concentration in which an additive is normally used and the level at which hazard exist
  10. 14. preservatives that prevent growth of microbes in food
  11. 16. produced by combining an organic acid and an alcohol