Read the text and choose the correct answers to complete the gaps The Food Numbers Game Food additives are nothing new. Salt, sugar and vinegar have been added to foods for centuries to preserve them and add flavour. For the past thirty years, however, there has been an increase in the use of artificial additives. Experts estimate that the 1) person consumes over 6 kilograms a year of these manufactured chemical compounds. The food industry claims that strict testing is undertaken and only safe additives 2) their way into our food. In Europe, approved additives are given an 'E-number' to show that they are considered safe and to indicate their function. Manufacturers are quick to point out that additives stop food 3) and so prevent dangerous food poisoning. In fact, substances used for this purpose 4) for less than 1% of all additives used. Most are added to alter the food's colour or flavour. Moreover, the testing of chemicals is generally 5) on animals, and suspicions remain that humans react to them differently. Additives have been 6) to conditions including hyperactivity, migraines and allergies. By law, in Europe, a list of the additives that have gone into a food must be printed on the packaging together with the other ingredients. But just how useful is it to know that a product contains, 7) others, the additive E280?
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The Food Numbers Game

Food additives are nothing new. Salt, sugar and vinegarhave been added to foods for centuries to preserve themand add flavour. For the past thirty years, however, therehas been an increase in the use of artificial additives.Experts estimate that the 1)[average|general|regular|customary] person consumes over 6 kilograms a year of these manufactured chemical compounds.

The food industry claims that strict testing is undertaken and only safe additives 2)[discover|take|move|find] their way into our food. In Europe, approved additives are given an 'E-number' to show that they are considered safe and to indicate their function.

Manufacturers are quick to point out that additives stop food 3)[wearing out|going off|running down|passing away]and so prevent dangerous food poisoning. In fact, substances used for this purpose 4)[account|explain|consist|answer] for less than 1% of all additives used. Most are added to alter the food's colour or flavour. Moreover, the testing of chemicals is generally 5)[brought about|taken off|carried out|looked for] on animals, and suspicions remain that humans react to them differently. Additives have been 6)[pointed|joined|linked|combined] to conditions includinghyperactivity, migraines and allergies.

By law, in Europe, a list of the additives that have goneinto a food must be printed on the packaging together with the other ingredients. But just how useful is it to knowthat a product contains, 7)[between|among|amid|together] others, the additive E280?

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