Food Industry Additive

Media Image of Additives

I've often argued the case with friends and family when they see a media article slamming 'Food Additives'. It's always a headline and generally gives the impression to the public that all additives are  bad!
More recently there appears to be alot of studies coming out with reference to Hyperactivity in kids, health risk of long term consumption etc etc. This only reates to a small number of items, but the industry as a whole is getting the hit. It would be great to see more coverage of the essential benefits that the majority of additives give in food from extending shelf life to cope with extended logistics, to replacing 'natural' fats etc with healthier hydrocolloid solutions.

Do you know more 'free' resources?

Thanks for the comment's on the free web book - I'm searching for more resources that I can add to the blog but if anyone has links that others in the industry will find useful please send me some feedback along with the url's and I'll add them to the new page -
Happy hunting!

Food Processing Web Book

While browsing the New Zealand IFST web site I came across this link for a free web book which is about food processing. It's not been in print for some years but contains a whole load of information that normally costs you $$.
While it might not be relevant to everyone I"m sure there's a few out there who'd benefit from this opportunity.
Happy reading and no, I don't understand it all either!