Question

Food additives as a Food.

Please answer the following questions on Titanium Dioxide as a functional food ingredient:

1) How and when it was discovered?

2) What is the function or purpose of the ingredient in a food product?

3) What foods contain titanium oxide?

4) What are it's culinary characteristics (how heat, pH, fats, etc affect it)?

5) What are the controversies, if any?

6) What has the research shown: What are the scientific studies backing claims or fueling controversies?

7) Is this ingredient unsafe to consume or safe to consume? Why?

Answer 1

1). Martin H. Klaproth,. 1821

2)Millions of tons of titanium dioxide are produced globally each year. It adds whiteness and brightness to products and also helps them resist discoloration. Titanium dioxide also reflects ultraviolet (UV) light, which is why it's often used as an ingredient in sunscreens.

Most titanium dioxide (close to 70 percent) is used as a pigment in paints, but it's also added to cosmetics, toothpastes, pharmaceuticals, paper and food.

3)Titanium dioxide is most commonly found in candies, sweets and chewing gums dairy products, candy, frosting, and the powder on donuts.

Among personal care items, it’s most commonly found in toothpaste and some sunscreen lotions

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