Food additives are substances that are added to the food. They serve as different functions such as preservation‚ flavorings and colorings‚ antioxidants‚ and stabilisers. They are added in the manufacture process intentionally or unintentionally. There are many different food additives‚ and they can be classified as natural or artificial. Most food additives are naturally occurring‚ and some may even be beneficial. The common natural food additives such as citrus acid and ascorbic acid‚ for example
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Abstract Smithfield Foods is the world’s largest pork processor and hog producer‚ with revenues approaching $12 billion in fiscal year 2007. In the United States‚ Smithfield is also the leader in turkey processing‚ cattle feeding‚ and several packaged meats categories as well as the fifth-largest beef processor. From national brands and regional powerhouses in the U.S. to some of the best-known European brands‚ Smithfield Foods packages meats that are purchased by retail‚ foodservice‚ and deli
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In the novel Animal Farm written by George Orwell‚ there are a variety of characters in this story. The character that is the best to describe is Napoleon. Napoleon is a big Berkshire boar with an aggressive character‚ savage instinct towards everyone‚ and an arrogant feel for superiority. A way to describe Napoleon’s infamous dictatorship is how he changes the rules to correspond to his needs for superiority‚ a quotation where it explains this is “It ran ‘No animal shall kill any other animal without
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Food Productions & Consumption Choices Food is one of the most needed supplies that we all need in our daily life. And with the advances of today’s technologies‚ we are able to produce bigger amount of food as compare to the older days. However‚ food production companies have taken the technology advantages to produce a massive amount of food by adding too much antibiotics and chemicals that could eventually affect the health of the consumers. Taking from the film called "Food Inc.”‚ it has shown
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Food Inc. The movie Food‚ Inc. too a very interesting idea “Where does our food come from” and took the audience on a wild ride showing us the true side of food. The creator of the movie took a very simple idea and changed my and many other people’s outlook on what we are eating. The movie showed everything from how major food brands conduct business to how all-natural and organic brands are starting to make their way into our homes. Anyone that watches this movie would start to second think
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Food rarely is what it is. That is‚ aside from the nutrients it provides‚ food is a powerful analytical tool that serves to explain the various social‚ political‚ economic‚ environmental‚ and identity factors that exist around the cuisine and its consumption. Additionally‚ cuisines serve as a reflection of the changes that inevitably occur in the aforementioned areas. When a major change happens‚ especially a socio-economic one‚ food is certainly going to be affected. Therefore‚ what‚ when‚ and how
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------------------------------------------------- Food security From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia | This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. This article needs additional citations for verification. (December 2012) | The lead section of this article may need to be rewritten. (October 2010) | This article is outdated. (May 2011) | The neutrality of this article is disputed. (May 2013) | | Growth in food production has been greater than population growth. Food per person
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Are Organic Foods All They Are Hyped Up To Be: An Overview Of The Organic Food Industry Today‚ with cancer and obesity cases increasing quickly‚ people are turning their attention to the foods they are consuming. Such diets as the vegan‚ vegetarian‚ lacto-vegetarian‚ paleo‚ raw‚ and locavore are becoming more and more popular. The one thing these diets all have in common is the belief that organic foods are better than conventional foods. Similar to conventional foods‚ organic foods contain chemicals
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Most off our food is handled and processed by somebody else. The truth is Americans don’t have the time to farm and nor do the dirty bits. In America‚ whoever does the best in the fourth quarter controls how things will run‚ with the ever growing hunger for wealth there is no limit to what can be achieved. An American Filmmaker‚ Robert Kenner‚ released a documentary Food Inc‚ a perfect example of greed and disregard for what can be considered ethical in the food industry. Kenner was inspired to make
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agriculture than today‚ because of the growing amounts of food needed to feed the world. Even in the present there are about one billion people‚ who do not get enough to eat. (McVeigh‚ March 2013) Therefore it is important to think about a solution to produce enough food for every human being on this earth‚ without endangering the environment. That appears to be quite difficult because our own food consumption habits have influenced the way food is produced nowadays. Therefore we have to search for
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