food additive

food additive See more synonyms for food additive on Thesaurus.com noun

1. additive(def 4).

Related Words for food additive preservative British Dictionary definitions for food additive food additive noun

1. any of various natural or synthetic substances, such as salt, monosodium glutamate, or citric acid, used in the commercial processing of food as preservatives, antioxidants, emulsifiers, etc, in order to preserve or add flavour, colour, or texture to processed food