A rainbow palate : how chemical dyes changed the West's relationship with food /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cobbold, Carolyn (Author)
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2020.
Series:Synthesis (University of Chicago. Press)
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Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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.