Articles tagged with: colours

Q. How do I get my kids to eat vegetables?

12 February 2014 by Catherine Saxelby

Q. How do I get my kids to eat vegetables?

A. It's hard work! But it pays to be persistent. Over the years, I've worked out a number of techniques to help parents and used them on our kids when they were younger (and we had one of the world's fussiest eaters in our daughter!). 

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Additives most likely to cause adverse reactions

12 September 2013 by Catherine Saxelby

Additives most likely to cause adverse reactions

The consumption of additives in food is a vexed issue. On the one hand, no-one plans to consume them in the first place and some –...

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Q.  Why do food companies have to use additives?  And how many are there?

9 September 2013 by Catherine Saxelby

Q. Why do food companies have to use additives? And how many are there?

A.  Additives are used to extend shelf life or make a food more convenient or attractive or to be lower in...

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4-step guide to avoiding additives

1 February 2012 by Catherine Saxelby

4-step guide to avoiding additives

Are you suspicious of additives with their long, strange chemical names and code numbers? Well maybe you should be. Not just because...

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How to check a product for additives

24 August 2010 by Catherine Saxelby

How to check a product for additives

Additives must be shown on the ingredient list by their functional name, for example, FOOD ACID, and this must be followed by either...

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