据美国食品安全新闻网消息，美国环境工作小组（EWG）发布了食品添加剂“黑名单”列表，公布了12种食品“最脏”食品添加剂。
 
    这12种脏食品添加剂包括：硝酸盐和亚硝酸盐、溴酸钾、对羟基苯甲酸丙酯、丁基化羟基苯甲醚（BHA）、丁基化羟基甲苯（BHT）、没食子酸丙酯、可可碱、特殊香味物质、人工色素、双乙酰、磷酸盐、铝添加剂。
 
    目前美国市面上有超过一万种食品添加剂，部分添加剂有致癌风险。美国环境工作小组建议民众尽量避免以上12种最脏添加剂。
 
    部分原文报道如下：
    The Environmental Working Group - famous for its list of produce most likely to be contaminated with pesticides - has now released a “Dirty Dozen” guide for food additives.
    There are more than 10,000 additives in food distributed in the U.S., and EWG is trying to highlight “some of the worst failures of the regulatory system,” it says.
    The list includes:
    1.Nitrates and nitrites
    2.Potassium bromate
    3.Propyl paraben
    4.Butylated hydroxyanisole （BHA）
    5.Butylated hydroxytoluene （BHT）
    6.Propyl gallate
    7.Theobromine
    8.Secret flavor incredients
    9.Artificial colors
    10.Diacetyl
    11.Phosphates
    12.Aluminum additives
 
    原文链接：<http://www.foodsafetynews.com/2014/11/environmental-working-group-releases-first-dirty-dozen-list-for-food-additives/>