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A Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives: Descriptions in Plain English of More Than 12,000 Ingredients Both Harmful and Desirable Found in Foods

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The essential guide for making sure your food is safe A Consumer’s Dictionary of Food Additives is back again, in an updated sixth edition. This valuable reference gives you all the facts about the relative safety and side effects of more than 12,000 ingredients that end up in your food as a result of processing and curing, such as preservatives, food-tainting pesticides, and animal drugs. For example, drugs used to tranquilize pigs may sedate diners! There are hundreds of new entries to this edition, and topics covered include information about recently discovered resistant strains of bacteria credited to the antibiotics added to animal feed, as well as startling statistics on the amount of money spent on certain additives each year—$1.4 billion—on just flavorings and flavor enhancers. A Consumer’s Dictionary of Food Additives is a precise tool that will tell you exactly what to leave on supermarket shelves as a reminder to manufacturers that you know what the labels mean and which products are safe to bring home to your family. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Three Rivers Press; Revised, Updated edition (October 26, 2004)


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Paperback ‏ : ‎ 592 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1400052327


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 25


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 1.25 x 8.25 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #1,006,301 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #61 in Food Additives #565 in English Dictionaries & Thesauruses #6,215 in Other Diet Books


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Top Amazon Reviews

    • eye opener - wow!
Well, if you want to be able to eat your food without worring about the content, then don't read this book. I admit that even I did not know a lot of the dangerous additives that are put into my food. A definite must read, but beware, you will not look at your food the same way again.
Reviewed in the United States on March 26, 2012 by DrTom
    • Additives Galore
This is a great book for anyone who is concerned about food additives. This is my second book. I use this book more than any other book that I have regarding additives. It is my food bible. It is the most informative book about additives that I have come across so far for the price.
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2007 by Ba En Asaru
    • Helpful, but not what I expected
This book is great if you want to learn about some of the additives that are in processed foods. I was expecting it to tell me if the additives were good or bad, and it does not do that. But it is very through and lists more things than I could imagine that get added to your foods, either good or bad. So take it shopping with you, and learn what you are eating. It will help you put a lot of things back on the shelf. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on November 27, 2010 by Gabby
    • A useful book
Didn't have everything I was looking for, like soda - I see that a lot in ingredients, but could never get a clear understanding of what it actually is. However the book is good. I only wished they made a pocket-size version to take with me when I go shopping for food.
Reviewed in the United States on April 19, 2008 by Tamara
    • Consumer's Dictionary of Food Additives Ruth Winter
This is a comprehensive list of good and not so good stuff that goes into your food. With this in hand everyone can make the best decisions of what to eat in order to stay healthy. See also her other books including her Dictionary of Cosmetic Ingredients.
Reviewed in the United States on February 7, 2007 by S0nBright
    • Good
Great! Come quick and exactly how you described it I would defiantly recommend you to others. Thank you for everything.
Reviewed in the United States on February 5, 2014 by hakeem
    • Good reference!
I love these consumer's guide books. I have another one too. They are so great and convenient to have on hand. I keep this one in my kitchen.
Reviewed in the United States on April 12, 2009 by C.C.
    • Too narrow, not enough health information
I was very disappointed when I received this book. I was hoping for something that would arm me with knowledge and enable me to make truly smart choices when reviewing the ingredients on packages. However, what I got was a very narrow, "FDA approved" listing of the uses and possible side effects of many ingredients. I have always been a label reader and I have done research on many chemicals and additives and know that there are 1000s of KNOWN carcinogens, mood destabilizers, & biological disrupters that are in our food and household products. But, when I looked them up in this book it would say something like : "used mostly as an artificial sweetener." Duh. Thanks. Now could you please tell me what it does to the human body? I promptly returned the book. You can find less "censored" info with some research on the internet. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2007 by ALZ

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