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ADDITIF ALIMENTAIRE [2 records]

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Record 1 2015-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Additives
DEF

Substance added to foods during processing to improve color, texture, flavor, nutritional value or keeping qualities; examples are antioxidants, emulsifiers, thickeners, preservatives, colorants, and enzymes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Additifs alimentaires
DEF

Substance ajoutée intentionnellement à un aliment, généralement en petites quantités, pour en faciliter la conservation, pour stabiliser ou améliorer ses qualités, sa texture, sa saveur, son aspect ou pour faciliter sa préparation.

OBS

Le mot «additif» est à différencier du mot «contaminant» avec lequel il est trop souvent confondu par erreur.

OBS

On peut concevoir certains additifs comme des «aides technologiques» tandis que d'autres font figure de «facteurs de valorisation commerciale».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aditivos alimentarios
DEF

Sustancia que por sí misma no se consume normalmente como alimento, ni tampoco se usa como ingrediente básico en alimentos, tenga o no valor nutritivo, y cuya adición al alimento en sus fases de producción, fabricación, elaboración, preparación, tratamiento, envasado, empaquetado, transporte o almacenamiento, resulte (o pueda esperarse que razonablemente resulte) directa o indirectamente por sí o sus características.

OBS

Esta definición no incluye "contaminantes" o sustancias añadidas al alimento para mantener o mejorar las cualidades nutricionales.

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Record 2 2009-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Feed (Agric.)
  • Food Additives
CONT

Feed additives are products used in animal nutrition for purposes of improving the quality of feed and the quality of food from animal origin, or to improve the animals' performance and health, e.g. providing enhanced digestibility of the feed materials. Feed additives may not be put on the market unless authorisation has been given following a scientific evaluation demonstrating that the additive has no harmful effects, on human and animal health and on the environment.

OBS

Not to be confused with «food additive».

French

Domaine(s)
  • Alimentation des animaux (Agric.)
  • Additifs alimentaires
DEF

[Produit] volontairement incorporé dans l'alimentation des animaux afin d'améliorer leurs performances ou de modifier les caractéristiques de l'aliment.

OBS

additif pour alimentation animale : terme normalisé par l'Office des normes générales du Canada en 2006.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Alimentación animal (Agricultura)
  • Aditivos alimentarios
DEF

Sustancias o preparados que, incorporados a los alimentos de los animales, pueden influir en las características de tales alimentos o en las producciones que dan los animales.

CONT

Desde el punto de vista funcional, los aditivos se podrían clasificar en tres categorías: a) Auxiliares tecnológicos: [...] (conservantes, emulgentes, aglutinantes ...). b) Potenciadores sensoriales: [...] (colorantes, aromatizantes, agentes de textura, etc.). c) Aditivos nutricionales: [...] (vitaminas, oligoelementos, aminoácidos, antibióticos).

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