- Paperback: 579 pages
- Publisher: Three Rivers Press (CA); 6 Rev Upd edition (Oct 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1400052327
- ISBN-13: 978-1400052325
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 13.5 x 3.3 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 846,766 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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The essential guide for making sure your food is safe
A Consumer’s Dictionary of Food Additives is back again, in an updated sixth edition. This valuable reference gives you all the facts about the relative safety and side effects of more than 12,000 ingredients that end up in your food as a result of processing and curing, such as preservatives, food-tainting pesticides, and animal drugs. For example, drugs used to tranquilize pigs may sedate diners!
There are hundreds of new entries to this edition, and topics covered include information about recently discovered resistant strains of bacteria credited to the antibiotics added to animal feed, as well as startling statistics on the amount of money spent on certain additives each year—$1.4 billion—on just flavorings and flavor enhancers.
A Consumer’s Dictionary of Food Additives is a precise tool that will tell you exactly what to leave on supermarket shelves as a reminder to manufacturers that you know what the labels mean and which products are safe to bring home to your family.
A Consumer’s Dictionary of Food Additives is back again, in an updated sixth edition. This valuable reference gives you all the facts about the relative safety and side effects of more than 12,000 ingredients that end up in your food as a result of processing and curing, such as preservatives, food-tainting pesticides, and animal drugs. For example, drugs used to tranquilize pigs may sedate diners!
There are hundreds of new entries to this edition, and topics covered include information about recently discovered resistant strains of bacteria credited to the antibiotics added to animal feed, as well as startling statistics on the amount of money spent on certain additives each year—$1.4 billion—on just flavorings and flavor enhancers.
A Consumer’s Dictionary of Food Additives is a precise tool that will tell you exactly what to leave on supermarket shelves as a reminder to manufacturers that you know what the labels mean and which products are safe to bring home to your family.
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72 of 77 people found the following review helpful
Too narrow, not enough health information
6 Feb 2007
Format:Paperback
I was very disappointed when I received this book. I was hoping for something that would arm me with knowledge and enable me to make truly smart choices when reviewing the ingredients on packages. However, what I got was a very narrow, "FDA approved" listing of the uses and possible side effects of many ingredients. I have always been a label reader and I have done research on many chemicals and additives and know that there are 1000s of KNOWN carcinogens, mood destabilizers, & biological disrupters that are in our food and household products. But, when I looked them up in this book it would say something like : "used mostly as an artificial sweetener." Duh. Thanks. Now could you please tell me what it does to the human body?
I promptly returned the book. You can find less "censored" info with some research on the internet.
I promptly returned the book. You can find less "censored" info with some research on the internet.
26 of 26 people found the following review helpful
Excellent reference book!
18 Oct 2005
Format:Paperback
This book is incredibly informative, especially for those with special dietary needs like gluten intolerance, diabetes, or food allergies. However, it is also helpful for anyone who wishes to become more informed about what goes into our food. It's refreshing to read straightforward and factual information about food additives and the process by which those chemicals are introduced into the food chain, without the hyped-up scare tactics about "what the government doesn't want you to know" used in other books.
19 of 19 people found the following review helpful
A Comprehensive Guide
3 Nov 2005
Format:Paperback
I found this book (and Winter's other books) to be thoroughly researched, well written, and intuitive to use. I appreciated the clear language and detailed references. By providing both the scientific terminology and the vernacular language, the author educates her audience on the many ways in which consumers may be getting MORE than they bargained for when they are selecting foods (and cosmetics).
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