food additive

noun

Any nonfood substance added to food in order to improve its flavour, appearance or shelf life.

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artificial additive
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Meanings

nounfood additive (plural food additives)

plural food additives

  1. Any nonfood substance added to food in order to improve its flavour, appearance or shelf life.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounan additive to food intended to improve its flavor or appearance or shelf-life

Similar
artificial additive
Broader
additive

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Chinese Mandarin 食品添加劑 /食品添加剂
  • 食品添加劑 /食品添加剂 (shípǐn tiānjiājì)non-food substance added to food
Danish tilsætningsmiddel
  • tilsætningsmiddelnon-food substance added to food
Finnish elintarvikelisäaine, lisäaine
  • elintarvikelisäainenon-food substance added to food
  • lisäainenon-food substance added to food
French additif alimentaire
  • additif alimentairenon-food substance added to food
German Lebensmittelzusatzstoff
  • Lebensmittelzusatzstoffnon-food substance added to food
Hungarian élelmiszer-adalékanyag
  • élelmiszer-adalékanyagnon-food substance added to food
Italian additivo alimentare
  • additivo alimentarenon-food substance added to food
Japanese 食品添加物
  • 食品添加物 (shokuhin tenkabutsu)non-food substance added to food
Polish dodatek do żywności
  • dodatek do żywnościnon-food substance added to food
Portuguese aditivo alimentar
  • aditivo alimentarnon-food substance added to food
Russian пищевая добавка
  • пищевая добавка (piščevaja dobavka)non-food substance added to food
Swedish livsmedelstillsats
  • livsmedelstillsatsnon-food substance added to food
Turkish gıda katkısı, gıda maddesi katkısı
  • gıda katkısınon-food substance added to food
  • gıda maddesi katkısınon-food substance added to food
Vietnamese phụ gia thực phẩm
  • phụ gia thực phẩmnon-food substance added to food
Cite this entry
APA

food additive. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/food%20additive

MLA

“food additive.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/food%20additive. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “food additive,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/food%20additive.

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