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As with the time, people’s lifestyle changes, and nowadays, most of the people depends on the factory made food (also called processed food) rather than the homemade food. So, the factory made food should be balance its taste, appearance, texture, and its safety. The processed food should remain safe for long time after it has been made [15, 16]. The important roles of additives in our food are as follows:

1 1. For improving quality of food, for example, preservatives.

2 2. For giving the texture and consistency, for example, gelling and emulsifier.

3 3. For improving the nutritional value in food, for example, sweeteners.

4 4. For improving the flavor and taste, for example, acidulants and flavoring.

5 5. For preserving the food from different types of bacteria or fungi, etc.

All additives are assigned by European wide basis. European wide regulates and controls the use of additives in food. All food additives are tested and must be shown to be safe before food manufacture able to use them. Food preservatives are a part of food additives as they come under the category of food additives. For example, chips packet are not completely filled up with chips but also contains almost half the packet of gas which is nitrogen gas used for preserving the chips. ssss1 shows the common color and associated food [20–25].