A rainbow palate : how chemical dyes changed the West's relationship with food /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2020.
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| Series: | Synthesis (University of Chicago. Press)
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Table of Contents:
- Food adulteration and the rise of the food chemist
- The wonder of coal tar dyes
- From dye manufacturer to food manufacturer
- The struggle to devise tests to detect dyes and assess their toxicity
- The appointment of public food analysts in Britain
- How British food chemists responded to the use of coal tar dyes
- French and German chemists seek to arbitrate the use of synthetic chemicals in food
- The US government acts against chemical dyes in food.