The Food Commission believes that cosmetic additives have no business in our food.

' We Don't Need Them'

The Food Commission exposes the excessive use of additives, such as the over-use of artificial sweeteners in children's drinks, the adulteration of meat with colourings, phosphates and water, and the hidden sulphites in wine.

We believe additives are greatly over-used in the food industry, in order to sell low-nutrient foods and to help highly processed foods compete against fresh more wholesome foods. Additives are seen by some as no better than 'legalised fraud' as they disguise the true nature of a product, making dull foods look brightly coloured, enhancing the taste by adding flavourings and flavour boosters, and using preservatives to make old food appear fresh.

We run features on the use and misuse of additives in our journal the Food Magazine, some of which are issued as press releases and below we give some links to other pages on our web site dealing with additives.

Here are some links to the Food Commission's information on additives:

• Artificial Sweeteners Take Over From Sugar (1998)
• Beware of a Lack of Labelling (1998)
• Surprising Stuff Surfaces in Supplement Survey (1999)
• Sweetener Safety Suspicions

Find out more about additives by reading our Food Magazine.

See our poster guides to Food Additives and Reading Food Labels

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