Natural Food Additives

Cooking Light Magazine listed the following food additives that are completely natural, despite the way their names sound:

Ascorbic acid - a citrus fruit additive that acts as a preservative, just another name for vitamin C
Acacia and guar gum - harvested from a tree or shrub, they are binding agents that thicken foods
L. bulgaricus and S. thermophilus - beneficial bacteria, usually added to foods such as yogurt (L. acidophilus, Bifidus, L. casei, and L. reuteri are also natural)
Lecithin - a component in soybeans or egg yolks, used to keep foods moist

Ref: Cooking Light magazine, April 2007, p. 68

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