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Today it is hard to find a packaged food item that does not contain at least several of the mysterious E numbers on their ingredient list. These numbers are codes for food additives that have been assessed for use within the European Union by the European Food Safety Authority. Though mostly harmless, like the antioxidant ascorbic acid E300 (more commonly known as the vitamin C), scientists and researchers have linked a number of them to some types of cancer. Learn more about the food additives and their functions in this book.

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