C-organic+compounds+in+food

Belinda Kwok SCH4U1-03 Presentation Date: October 27, 2010

 //Why are organic compounds added to food products? What impact can these additives have on human health? // Many food additives are organic compounds. Food additives preserve, colour, texturize, flavour, or increase the value of food. While not all organic compounds added have harmful effects, many do. These additives can cause allergic reactions, and even cancer and tumors. They are added to make food products appear more attractive and fetch higher prices, as well as for practical purposes such as resisting spoilage.

 § **FLAVOURING ** - Spices, oils, and other synthetic flavouring enhance the taste of food

**//Saccharin //** was used as the main sweetener from 1950 to 1970 - 500 to 700 times sweeter than cane sugar - Sweet at first, but left bitter aftertaste - Probably carcinogenic so it was banned, but later used again as long as there was warning label on all products containing saccharin <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">- Still used today because researchers don’t think it actually causes cancer

<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"> § **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">TEXTURE ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">- Emulsifiers in peanut butter keep polar peanut paste and non-polar peanut oil mixed <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">- Thickeners like gelatin in jam <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">- Gelatin is a protein that comes from the ski, tendons, and bones

<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"> § **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">PRESERVATION ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">- Oxygen deteriorates fatty foods, like meat (change its colour, rancid odours and tastes) <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">- **//<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Antioxidants //**<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> interfere with chemical reactions with oxygen <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">- Natural antioxidants like vitamins also provide health benefits (heart, immune system, etc.) <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">- Synthetic antioxidants include butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA), and <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%;">**//propyl gallate//** (ester which can cause skin & stomach irritations) <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">- All of the synthetics above are disputed in whether they have side effects

<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"> § **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">COLOURING ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">- All artificial colours linked to cancer <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">- Learning disorders and ADHD found in young children eating large quantities of artificially coloured food <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">- Assumption is that natural dyes are safe (like beets à <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> yellow) <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">- Artificial dyes are also called coal tars (much more cost efficient for manufacturers) <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"><span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">- **//<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Sunset yellow //**<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> (artificial yellow No. 6) causes tumors in the adrenal and kidney glands

<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif';"> § **<span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">‘INCREASE’ VALUE OF FOOD ** <span style="font-family: 'Cambria','serif'; font-size: 10pt;">It is generally assumed that natural, or organic foods, are 100% safe and healthier. Therefore organic food is more expensive to buy. To capitalize on this misassumption, many businesses market their food as organic. However, only the organic compounds added to the food product are organic, the food itself wasn’t organically grown. Consumers are often tricked into believing the food they buy is what it isn’t and they pay more, while big companies swindle more money.

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