Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any nonfood substance added to food in order to improve its flavour, appearance or shelf life.

    Lebensmittelzusatzstoff

    пищевая добавкаpiščevaja dobavka

    an additive to food intended to improve its flavor or appearance or shelf-life

Examples

2 sentences
  1. Dyes and other food additives are notorious amongst supporters of organic food.

  2. This food additive is toxic.

Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
non-food substance added to food:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
non-food substance added to food:

Forms

plural: food additives
Singularfood additive
Pluralfood additives

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • an additive to food intended to improve its flavor or appearance or shelf-life:artificial additive

See also

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