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Flavour in most of the packaged food is due the flavouring substances added to it.

Flavouring Substances are added to Food products either to restore the flavour it would have lost during processing e.g. juices or to add a new desired flavour e.g. in case of biscuits, vanilla flavour may be added to otherwise tasteless food product.

You must be wondering why does a juice require natural flavouring substances to be added! The answer is that packaged juice is not made the same way as you make in your house. It goes through processing to ensure longer shelf life and in the bargain loses flavour as well some vitamin and mineral. Flavouring substances are added to not only get the flavour back but also to ensure that same flavour in all packs.

Read this blog to find more about different flavouring substances.

The Nutritional Science defines Empty Calorie foods as foods that provide calories through either Fats or Carbohydrates. 

 

When it comes to high sugar foods like fruit juices, carbonated beverages, jams, marmalades, syrups, an empty calorie product is also referred to as energy dense as all the calories are from carbohydrates which are easily digested, thereby providing instant energy.

 

However, if you do not utilise this energy by engaging in physical activity, it will be converted to fat and add to your waistline.

 

The major disadvantage of frequently consuming empty-calorie foods is that it provides only energy without providing other nutrients required by the body.

Additives are added to the packaged foods for different reasons varying from increasing shelf life, to provide flavour and texture, increasing nutrition quality or required to manufacture some types of food. 

One of the ways to determine the degree of Processing is the number of additives you find in the ingredient list. The higher the number of additives greater is the degree of processing. Additives can be identified by looking for ingredients that begin with 'E' and have a number in them. 

It is generally recommended that food that is closer to nature is better hence it is better to choose food products with lesser number of additives.