sulfiting agents

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sulfiting agents

[sul′fīting]

food preservatives composed of potassium or sodium bisulfite or potassium metabisulfite. Sulfiting agents are used in the processing of beer, wine, baked goods, soup mixes, and some imported seafoods and by restaurants to impart a "fresh" appearance to salad fruits and vegetables. The chemicals can cause a severe allergic reaction in people who are hypersensitive to sulfites. The reactions are marked by flushing, faintness, hives, headache, GI distress, breathing difficulty, and, in extreme cases, loss of consciousness and death.

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sulfite			Currently, there are six sulfiting agents allowed in packaged foods. The Asthma Diet by Ricky Hussey / Health, general community Sulfiting agents prevent discoloration (in dried fruit, some fresh shrimp, and some dried, fried, or frozen potatoes) and bacterial growth (in wine). Chemical cuisine: a guide to food additives by Nutrition Action Healthletter While Carter has chosen to maintain the vineyard organically, she said the wine she produces won't be considered organic because she must add sulfiting agents to keep the wine stable. Glass is half full for Walpole winemaker by Kibbe, Cindy / New Hampshire Business Review			sulfaquinoxaline sulfarsphenamine sulfasalazine sulfasuxidine sulfatase sulfatases sulfate sulfathiazole sulfatidate sulfatide sulfatide lipidosis sulfation sulfatroxazole sulfhemoglobin sulfhemoglobinemia sulfhydryl sulfide sulfiding sulfinpyrazone sulfinyl sulfiram sulfisoxazole sulfisoxazole acetyl sulfite sulfite oxidase sulfiting agents sulfmethemoglobin sulfo- sulfobromophthalein sulfobromophthalein test sulfon- sulfonamide Sulfonamide drugs Sulfonamides sulfonate sulfonates sulfone sulfone syndrome sulfonic sulfonic acid sulfonmethane sulfonyl sulfonylurea sulfonylureas sulforaphane sulformethoxine sulfosalicylic acid sulfosalicylic acid test sulfosalicylic acid turbidity test sulfotransferase sulfoxidation			sulfinyl sulfinyl sulfinyl bromide sulfiram Sulfisomezole Sulfisomezole sulfisoxazole sulfisoxazole sulfisoxazole sulfisoxazole acetyl sulfite sulfite sulfite sulfite Sulfite ion Sulfite ion Sulfite ion Sulfite or Nitrite Reductase Repeat sulfite oxidase Sulfite oxidase deficiency sulfite paper sulfite pulp Sulfite Treatment sulfite waste liquor Sulfites Sulfites Sulfites sulfitic sulfitic sulfitic sulfiting agents sulfmethemoglobin sulfo- sulfo- sulfo- Sulfo-Lithocholyl Lysyl Fluorescein sulfoaluminate cement sulfoborite sulfobromophthalein sulfobromophthalein clearance test sulfobromophthalein sodium sulfobromophthalein test sulfocarbanilide sulfocarbimide sulfocyanate sulfocyanic acid sulfocyanide sulfofication sulfohalite Sulfoisophthalate Sulfolane Sulfolobus Sulfolobus Islandicus Filamentous Virus Sulfolobus Shibatae Trehalosyl Dextrin-Forming Enzyme Sulfolobus Shibatae Virus 1 Sulfolobus Solfataricus Sulfolobus Turreted Icosahedral Virus

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