food additive

English

Noun

food additive (plural food additives)

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

Translations

non-food substance added to food

Chinese:
Mandarin: 食品添加劑 / 食品添加剂 (shípǐn tiānjiājì)
Danish: tilsætningsmiddel n
Finnish: elintarvikelisäaine, lisäaine (fi)
French: additif alimentaire (fr) m
Galician: aditivo alimentario (gl) m
German: Lebensmittelzusatzstoff (de) m
Italian: additivo alimentare m
Japanese: 食品添加物 (ja) (しょくひんてんかぶつ, shokuhin tenkabutsu)
Portuguese: aditivo alimentar m
Russian: пищевая добавка (ru) f (piščevaja dobavka)
Swedish: livsmedelstillsats (sv) c
Turkish: gıda katkısı, gıda maddesi katkısı
Vietnamese: phụ gia thực phẩm

See also

E number
list of food additives on Wikipedia