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Natural antimicrobials could be used to preserve food, research suggests

Consumers are becoming more and more demanding with the foods they eat and also prefer preservation technologies which do not modify the nutritional and sensorial properties of the end-product. In response to this, researchers of Valencia’s Polytechnic University (UPV) and of the Agrochemistry and Food Technology Institute (IATA), a center of the Spanish National Research […]

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EFSA reviews safety of glutamates added to food

EFSA has established a safe intake level for glutamic acid and glutamates used as food additives after re-evaluating their safety. The authority board also concluded that estimated dietary exposure to glutamic acid and glutamates may exceed not only the safe level but also doses associated with adverse effects in humans for some population groups. On […]