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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794650403321

Autore

Saxelby Catherine

Titolo

Navigating the numbers : how to find them, translate code numbers, and minimise the culprits / / Catherine Saxelby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Sydney : , : Foodwatch Pty Limited, , [2017]

©2017

ISBN

0-9875521-1-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (72 pages)

Collana

The Handy Foodwatch Guide

Disciplina

664.06

Soggetti

Food additives

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Intro -- About Navigating the Numbers: The Handy Foodwatch Guide to Additives -- Contents -- Introduction: Hello from Catherine -- The attraction of convenience -- Why are food additives used? -- The 23 main classes of additives and what they do -- How are additives shown on the label? -- So which additives should I avoid? -- Additives you don't need to worry about -- My 4-step guide to avoiding additives -- Clean labelling -- My conclusions on additives -- References and websites (grouped in order) -- Acknowledgements -- Free extras -- For more info -- Copyright notice -- Disclaimer -- About Catherine Saxelby -- Copyright.

Sommario/riassunto

Additives are not all bad. Despite our best intentions, we can't always eat fresh and cook from scratch. Here you can find out the additives that pose NO problem and those to steer clear of. And how to navigate between healthy meals and junk eating.