The composition of food additives and their effect on the body are of interest, although some of them, e500 for example, have been used by humans for a very long time. In everyday use, the group of food additives E500 is called soda .
Properties of food additive Е500
The group of food additives E500 include sodium salts of carbonic acid. For food production, two additives are mainly used: sodium carbonate (soda ash) and sodium bicarbonate (drinking or baking soda). Food additive E500 is allowed in Russia, Ukraine and EU countries.
Since the food supplement E500 is often used in the production of products, its effect on the body has long been studied. With moderate use, the E500 additive is considered safe. With excessive use of E500, harm to the body is possible: pain in the stomach, fainting, difficulty breathing.
In addition, with a large amount of soda in the body, alkalinization of the tissues takes place. And some vitamins (C and thiamine) in such an environment are destroyed.
Some people use soda to neutralize the acid in the stomach to alleviate the symptoms of heartburn . However, doctors warn about the opposite effect - sharp alkalinization stimulates an even stronger acid production, which makes heartburn stronger.
How is the E500 food supplement used?
Most often the food additive Е500 is used as a baking powder - soda does not allow flour and other loose products to cake and clump, so it is present in almost all bakery products and baking. Soda is also used as a means to raise the test. And unlike yeast, the food supplement E500 also acts in the presence of a large amount of fat and sugar.
In addition, the E500 additive is used in the production of cooked and smoked sausages, sausages and wursts, balyk, as well as products containing cocoa candies, chocolate, mousses.
As a regulator of acidity, the food additive E500 allows maintaining the pH level of the product in the desired state.