Food additives definition, types and examples

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3. Objectives

4. Content Standards
Identify the chemical properties of
food preservatives, artificial
sweetening agents and food
additives.

5. Performance Standards
Used the appropriate food
preservatives, artificial
sweetening agents and food
additives.

6. Learning Competencies
At the end of the session, learners are expected to:
• Describe the chemical properties of food preservatives, artificial
sweetening agents and food additives
Unpacked LC:
1. Define food preservatives
2. Describe the chemical properties of different food preservatives
3. Provide an examples of food preservatives

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9. Food preservatives
“Preservatives” refers to the
functional name for a wide variety of
compounds that help slow or prevent
bacterial growth in a wide range of
products, including foods, medicines, and
personal care products.

10. Kinds of Food
preservatives

11. • Sugar and salt are the earliest
natural food preservatives that very
efficiently drop the growth of
bacteria in food.
Natural

12. • Substances which, under
certain conditions, either
delay the growth of
microorganisms without
necessarily destroying them or
prevent deterioration of
quality during manufacture
and distribution.
Chemical

13. •Are chemical
substances added to
foods. These
substances may be
sprayed on the outside
of a food or added to
foods in medications.
Artificial

14. Each group will be
given 2 minutes to
discuss their activity in
their own way.
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