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" People do not have a sufficient understanding of which food additives are dangerous and which are safe, the British Nutrition Foundation (BNF) has said. Some additives which are put into food to provide &amp;quot;better taste, better quality [and] better storage&amp;quot; have been tested for safety, according to Anna Denny, a nutrition scientist for BNF. She explained: &amp;quot;[There is a] problem with using a generic term and lumping all food additives together without understanding the important role they play in keeping our food safe and giving us variety in terms of what we&amp;#039;re able to buy. &amp;quot;Additives aren&amp;#039;t dangerous per se; all of them that have an E number have been tested for safety.&amp;quot; Her comments come after reports that four major supermarkets have promised to ban artificial additives from their own brands of food by next year. Ms Denny said that an important distinction to make is between natural and artificial additives. The BNF is a charity which endeavours to disseminate nutritional knowledge and advice which is based on scientific knowledge. \u00A9 Adfero Ltd "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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