20 Mar Food additive: Blue #1

** Food additive: Blue #1**

You must use a minimum of twoprofessional nutrition journals that were written over the past five years (2015-2021)to support your research. The report must be a minimum of two pages long, typed,and double spaced (maximum three pages) addressing the below criteria. Finalassignment must be submitted under the assignment tab in Blackboard.

1.      Identify a food item/product containing yourassigned food additive. Provide a detailed description of the food additive andidentify a product the additive was or is currently used in.  Attach a copy of the food label. The label isnot part of the two- page write-up but must be attached to the paper onBlackboard.  

2.      Provide a detailed summary regarding the purposeof why the food additive is utilized in the product you selected.

3.      A) Categorize your selected food additive tomatch one of the below Category criteria.            

B) Information Selection- use current professional researchto support your findings. This sectionshould be no more than 2 pages and include a summary of information from aminimum of 2 research articles obtained from a professional journal over thepast 5 years.

C) Provide an analysis of the information collectedand clearly draw appropriate conclusions supported by evidence.  

Categories:

        Safe- appears to be safe

        Cut Back- Not toxic, but large amounts may beunsafe or promote bad nutrition.

        Avoid- unsafe in amounts consumed or very poorlytested.

        Caution- may pose a risk and needs to be bettertested.

        Certain People Should Avoid- May trigger anacute, allergic reaction, intolerance or aggravate certain health issues.

4.       Contentwrite-up must be interesting, clear and use expressive vocabulary. No spellingor grammatical errors noted. Documentation of findings is clearly stated.  

Appropriately cite your work and include anannotated bibliography in MLA format.