Are food preservatives bad for you? – Eleanor Nelsen

Food doesn’t last. In days, sometimes hours,bread goes moldy,apple slices turn brown,and bacteria multiply in mayonnaise. But you can find all of these foodsout on the shelf at the grocery store,hopefully unspoiled,thanks to preservatives. But what exactly are preservatives?How do they help keep food edibleand are they safe?There are two major factors that causefood to go bad:microbes and oxidation. Microbes like bacteria and fungiinvade foodand feed off its nutrients. Some of these can cause diseases,like listeria and botulism. Others just turn edibles into a smelly,slimy, moldy mess. Meanwhile, oxidation is…

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