Processing aid explained

A processing aid is a substance used in the production of processed food, and which may end up in the finished product, but which is not, by law, required to be disclosed to the consumer as an ingredient.[1] [2]

Ethical concerns

NGOs, journalists, and food writers have raised concerns that the current laws on processing aids amount to a loophole that enables food producers to avoid transparency, and thereby to deceive consumers as to the contents of their food.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Jurisdictions

United Kingdom

Under the United Kingdom food labelling regulations, a "processing aid" is defined as follows:[8]

United States

Under the law of the United States of America, a substance is legally a "processing aid" and can be excluded from ingredients labels if it meets any of the following criteria:[9]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Inside the food industry: the surprising truth about what you eat . Blythman . Joanna . Joanna Blythman . 21 February 2015 . The Guardian . en . 28 October 2016 . bot: unknown . https://web.archive.org/web/20160813231549/https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2015/feb/21/a-feast-of-engineering-whats-really-in-your-food . 13 August 2016 .
  2. Web site: Processing Aids Used in Modern Food Production. 23 May 2014. International Food Information Council. 28 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161019162034/http://www.foodinsight.org/Questions_and_Anwers_about_Processing_Aids_Used_in_Modern_Food_Production . 19 October 2016.
  3. Web site: Bread Labelling Transparency . Sustainweb.org . 2016-10-28.
  4. Processing aids . 10.1016/j.jcs.2007.05.004 . Sustainweb.org . 2016-10-28.
  5. Book: Bread Matters: The State of Modern Bread and a Definitive Guide to Baking ... . Andrew Whitley . 14 . 2011-08-17 . 9781449418915 . 2016-10-28.
  6. Web site: Oliver Nieburg . Federation of Bakers and Real Bread Campaign at odds over labelling of bread processing aids . Bakeryandsnacks.com . 2011-10-19 . 2016-10-28.
  7. Book: Sandwich: A Global History . Bee Wilson . 55 . 2010-10-15 . 9781861898913 . 2016-10-28.
  8. Web site: 'Processing Aid' Definition. Jukes. David. Foodlaw-Reading. University of Reading. 28 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070714204929/http://www.foodlaw.rdg.ac.uk/label/pro-def.htm . 2007-07-14.
  9. Web site: Processing Aids: What's Not on the Label, and Why?. Andrews. James. 10 June 2013. Food Safety News. 28 October 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20150215024023/http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2013/06/processing-aids-whats-not-on-the-label-and-why/ . 2015-02-15.

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