Product Description

The award-winning million copy seller updated with over 40% new additives covered
E for Additives has been the most groundbreaking food issues book ever. And it still sells well. This long-awaited new edition covers 40% new additives and everything the consumer needs to know about GM foods in addition.
The book shows you how to tell the difference between the additives you need in food and wine and those you don't.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #206146 in Books
• Published on: 1984-10-25
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 224 pages

Derek Cooper, Glenfiddich award judge, in The Listener
"... has done more than any other publication to persuade the food industry that unnecessary over-processing is not in their interest or the interest of the public."

From the Back Cover
E FOR ADDITIVES. The millennium edition of the world-famous additive code breaker. Maurice Hanssen's book was first launched in 1984 - it made publishing history and since then over one million copies have been bought by consumers wanting to understand the list additives that appear on the labels of their food and drink. The book enables you to crack the 'E' number code, see exactly what has been added to your food and drink, where it comes from, why it has been added, what it does to the food and - if anything - what it might do to you.
* Additives you need and those you don't
* Natural and synthetic additives - which are safe
* When preservatives, colours and flavourings have a place in our food
* GM foods - which issues should concern us
* Additives in unexpected places - even a glass of wine
* Facts on pesticides, fertilizers, antibiotics and growth hormones
* Guidelines on acceptable daily intake
Maurice Hanssen has been instrumental in causing the food industry to re-think its policy on additives. No one who is concerned with the quality of the food they eat can afford to be without this invaluable reference book, now in a new 21st century edition covering over 40% more additives.