Food Additives

"Food Additives" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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Substances which are of little or no nutritive value, but are used in the processing or storage of foods or animal feed, especially in the developed countries; includes ANTIOXIDANTS; FOOD PRESERVATIVES; FOOD COLORING AGENTS; FLAVORING AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS (both plain and LOCAL); VEHICLES; EXCIPIENTS and other similarly used substances. Many of the same substances are PHARMACEUTIC AIDS when added to pharmaceuticals rather than to foods.

Descriptor ID	D005503
MeSH Number(s)	D27.720.368 G07.203.300.512 J02.500.512
Concept/Terms	Food Additives Food Additives Additive, Food Additives, Food Food Additive

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Food Additives".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Chemical Actions and Uses [D27]
Specialty Uses of Chemicals [D27.720]
Food Additives [D27.720.368]
Biological Sciences [G]
Physiological Phenomena [G07]
Diet, Food, and Nutrition [G07.203]
Food [G07.203.300]
Food Additives [G07.203.300.512]
Technology, Industry, Agriculture [J]
Food and Beverages [J02]
Food [J02.500]
Food Additives [J02.500.512]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Food Additives".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Food Additives".

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