ANTICAKING AGENT
Anticaking Agents mainly used to prevent lumps, deicing foods. Anticaking Agents are added to foods, fertilizers, salts, cosmetics in small portions. These additives works by absorbing moisture content in foods and by water repelling property

ANTIFOAMING AGENTS
Antifoaming agent is mainly used to prevent foam formation and for reducing surface tension in foods. Antifoaming agents also used in coke, sprite and other carbonated soft drinks. These are used in drugs to reduce bloating.

FOOD EMULSIFIER
Food Emulsifiers will make food as appealing appearance. Food Emulsifiers are the major effective food additives of structure, texture, taste, quality and freshness of foods. It also acts as unmixable agent between oil and water component of some foods. Food Emulsifiers often termed as emulgents.

FIRMING AGENTS
Firming agents are food additives and these are added to fruits, vegetables, canned foods, pickles to keep firm or crispy, structure. Calcium chloride as a firming agent can be used in canned vegetables, in firming soy bean curd.

FLAVOR ENHANCERS
Flavor Enhancers are commonly used for luscious foods to boost the existing flavor in the food. Flavor Enhancers customize flavors, stability of pepsi, pizza dough and other types of foods without contributing to any significant flavor of their own.

FLOUR TREATMENT AGENTS
Flour treatment agents intensify texture, strength, softness, crumb structure and color of bread loafs. Ascorbic acid is the commonly used flour treatment agent. Flour treatment agents keep homogenous appearance during fermentation process.

FOOD ACIDS
Food acids are found in natural sources like orange, lemon, berries, and plumps. Citric acid, maleic acid and tartaric acid are the best known common food acids. These imparts different flavor, tinge to foods. Some times food acids may acts as antioxidants, preservatives.

GELLING AGENT
Gelling agent are commonly added to food to impart gel texture. Gelling agents also gives shape, structure to foods. Gelatin, pectin are regarded as common gelling agents. Gelling agents sometimes called as solidifiers.

FOOD GLAZING AGENTS
Food Glazing Agents also referred as polishing agents. Food Glazing Agents are providers of shiny, homogenous, waxy and surface protection. Beeswax and lanolin are the most common food glazing agents.

HUMECTANTS
Humectants are food additives which primarily retain and preserve moisture content of food and cosmetic products. Humectants also used in tobacco products, coatings for plastics, skin care products, body lotions, hair conditioners. Glycerine, sorbitol, propylene glycol are the examples of humectants.