Food is the main aspect for which man serves..earns and sweats his life out..but what if that food is not worth it! so there have been a number of advancements in food technology that has lead to betterment in the standard of food not only in quality but also in its external aesthetic appeal.

                Chemicals that are added to food for their preservation or enhancing their appeal flavour etc are known as food additives.

          Food preservatives are the chemical substances that are added to prevent their spoilage and  also in  certain cases retain the nutritional value of a particaular food product for comparatively longer period of time.

              These chemical substances prevent the rancidity of food and inhibit the growth or kill the microbes.The most common preservative that is in use is sodium benzoate.

                Certain food preservative such as BHA and BHT  used for edible oils act as antioxidants.In India specially people feel it is bad to consume food that contains amounts of preservatives and deem to be unhealthy , but this is not exactly true..in maximum cases these producta are released into the market after passing through multiple screening tests and also only after Food Corporation gives it the allowance to be sold in market.As u know anything in excess leads to abrupt problems and health issues but when it is utilized under proper proportions it acts more as a boon that a bane.!