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Food Additives app review: learn about your food

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Introduction

All too often we eat our food, not stopping to question what's actually in it, and if it's actually healthy for us. The Food Additives app allows you to research and learn about the different additives that are placed in our food. By learning about these items you can then make informed choices and decide if the food should be eaten. Knowledge is always the key to making informed decisions.

Food Additives

Free

A Variety of Uses

This app can be used by a variety of people for different reasons. It can be used by vegetarians, by those who are curious about what their food contains, and even those people studying gastronomy. It’s not always easy to find this kind of information so when you come across a full database such as this it’s really quite convenient for people. The app offers a list that spans more than 400 items and is divided into categories. You can use the search function to find something fast.

What’s scary is how many additives there are. As you start to scroll through the list it really hits you with how much is added to your food that likely isn’t doing you any favors.

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Find What You Want

When you are browsing through the list, once you find the additive you are interested in, simply tap on it to find more information. You can read about its characteristics, the extra names it may go by, its origin, products, side effects, dietary restrictions, and any warnings regarding that additive. Keep in mind that not every additive will have information for each of these categories. This page of information can be shared by email right from within the app.

There aren’t many features and tools nor are there any customization features. This app keeps things short and sweet and to the point. There are no images or engaging elements whatsoever. This app reads much like an encyclopedia but I don’t have a problem with that because it follows through on what it promises.

When you are scrolling through the list of additives look for the blue “V” and the red “W” symbols beside the names. These signify non vegan and warnings. What’s great is that you don’t even have to go into each individual additive to learn if it has a warning or is non-vegan. Some of the warnings may come as a surprise such as from where the additive derives or the fact that it is a banned substance in some countries.

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Food Additives

Free

Pros and Cons

Pros

  • Very user-friendly
  • Search more than 400 additives and read about each one
  • Quickly see if an additive is non-vegan and it if has a warning
  • Share information by email
  • Offers a search tool

Cons

  • There are no visual elements to the app; it is rather dull

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Final Thoughts

The Food Additives app for your iPhone, iPod touch, iPad, and iPad gives you an informative inside look at what is in the various food additives in the items you are eating.

Food Additives

Free
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