한국 식품첨가물 생산 및 사용현황과 국제적 동향

According to rapid development of Korean food processing industry, our food life pattern is changed and due to opening of import for foreign processed food, our food life pattern is approaching into international gradually. Most of the food processing industry use Natural food additives and chemical food additives in any case generally. Upto now, consumers and food process manufacturers do not have exact data and information of food additives usage/production quantity and specially they know only about the limited knowledge of foreign food additives. This paper covers following article with our review of Korean food additives production records from 1985 to 1988. Functional classification, annual growth rate, annual production quantity and comparison, usage of food additives, functional product record, technology level of food additives production and status of usage in foreign countries. With comparison between level of Korean food additives production technology and that of foreign countries, I would like to require increasing to investment for the low level of our food additive industries and food processing industries with the understanding of food additives applications.