The Overall Effect of Food Additives on the Nutritional Value

question 21

Multiple Choice

The overall effect of food additives on the nutritional value of foods is that they

• A) decrease nutritional value.
• B) sometimes increase nutritional value.
• C) have no effect on nutritional value.
• D) are legal only if they increase nutritional value.

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A biome characterized by a cold, desert-like climate located at high latitudes above the Arctic Circle, with permafrost and minimal vegetation.

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Natural Grassland

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