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spiral chiller 40

Sprite 113, 115

starches 188–201

corn 168

cost-effective 192–3, 195

fat-replacing 193–4

and Greek yoghurt 197

ingredient savings 194–5

and labelling 194

and lack of flavour 198–9

maize 92

maltodextrin 67, 92, 168, 191

and mayonnaise 200–201

modified 1, 62, 63, 188, 189, 191

new wave 192

and nutrition 145, 199

potato 92, 189, 199

refined 200

roles 189–90

‘speciality’ 83, 192

tapioca 64

texturisers 63, 194

Stein, Rick 22

stevia 113–17, 137

Stiftung Warentest 152

stroke 119, 122, 132

Subtilisin 207

Sucralose 109

sucrose 58, 91, 107, 109, 110, 117, 160, 178

sugar 13

dismissal of critics 101–5

free sugars 103

invert 160

labelling 105

and obesity 91, 103, 104

promotion 99–100

public health enemy number one 103, 105

reduction of 194

refined 58

role in foods 106

in soft drinks 105

spurious positive association with health 100–101

and tooth decay 102, 103

‘unsweetening’ the diet 118

see also
fructose; glucose; high fructose corn syrup; lactose; sucrose; xylose

Sugar Bureau (later Sugar Nutrition UK) 102

sulfites 219–20

sulphur 167

supercritical fluid-extraction method 65

supermarket chains

sharing the same manufacturers 39, 42

suppliers 42

SuperStab™ 83

Supremia 175–6

surimi 156–7, 178

Suskind, Patrick:
Perfume
149

sweeteners 3, 4, 11, 37, 59, 94, 105, 107, 108, 112

artificial 76, 109–112, 117, 137

Swelite® 180

Symrise 137

tastes

masking products 10, 137

taste intensity 117–18

Tate & Lyle 79

Tate Gallery, London 75

tert-butylhydroquinone (TBHQ) 127, 221

Tesco 39, 42, 54, 106

texturisers 63, 81, 131, 180–81

Thank You for Smoking
(film) 99

tinned food 238

titanium dioxide 161–2, 250, 251

titanium oxide 157

Tizer 159

tobacco 99, 104, 245–6

tocopherols 221

tomato paste 33–4, 79

tomato sauce 79

toxins 217, 222, 223, 244, 251

acrylamide 129

in dyes 158

propaganda 223

trade recall 51

transglutaminase 80, 174–6, 215–16

Truvia® 113, 114

Ultra Create 180–81

Unite union 50

United Nations (UN), Food and Agriculture Organization 171, 181

University of California, Davis: Food Safety Laboratory 241

University of Naples 247

US Corn Refiners Association 108

US Environmental Protection Agency 128–9

US Food and Drug Administration 108

use-by dates 70, 146, 219, 222, 226, 228, 235

Valkerase® 208

Van Dijck, Floris Claesz. 253, 254

Still Life with Cheese
253, 254, 256

vegans 68, 212

vegetables 81

fibre in 200

frozen 31, 32

and pectinase 205

prolonging shelf life 84, 250

vegetarians 62, 69

Vencat curry powder 22

Veos 171, 184

Verdad F41 233

VERON® x Tender 206

Vesta chicken curry 21–3

vitamins 145

B 69, 199–200

B9 175

C 220, 221

E 221

Volactose 83

Wacker 76–7

Waitrose 105

Wansink, Brian 156

‘warmed-over flavour’ (WOF) 227, 232

websites, company 7–8, 88, 95, 165

weight gain, and artificial sweeteners 110–112

whey protein 33, 92, 137, 266

concentrate (WPC) 255

Which?
106

Whitley, Andrew 212

Whole Foods Market 59, 110

World Health Organization 103

xanthan gum 92, 131, 179

XFresh 232

xylanase 211

xylose 115

yeast extracts 69–70, 153

Yudkin, John 101

Sweet and Dangerous
(later
Pure, White, and Deadly
) 100, 101

Yum Yums 93

Acknowledgements

I am indebted to a number of people who have given me critical help in getting this book written. Whether that was by guiding me to information, giving me the germ of an idea, reading chapters, sharing their expertise and knowledge, or just by supplying moral support, I am deeply grateful.

Some of these people I am able to credit here: David Azoulay, Lynda Brown, Falko Burkert, Gerry Danby, Sue Lawrence, Robert Linton, Mark Nixon, Donald Reid, Garry Scott, Jim Thomas, Denise Walton, Andrew Whitley. Others I cannot name, lest this might have repercussions for their professional lives.

As always, I count myself as one of the luckiest writers in the world to have Louise Haines as my editor. I so appreciate her calm tenacity, her sound judgement, and her openness to ideas. And neither could I wish for a finer agent than Karolina Sutton, whose instincts and reactions I trust absolutely.

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