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  2. Vitamin E - Wikipedia

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    Vitamin E is a group of eight compounds related in molecular structure that includes four tocopherols and four tocotrienols. The tocopherols function as fat-soluble antioxidants which may help protect cell membranes from reactive oxygen species. Vitamin E is classified as an essential nutrient for humans.

  3. Food additive - Wikipedia

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    Antioxidants such as vitamin C are preservatives by inhibiting the degradation of food by oxygen. Bulking agents such as starch are additives that increase the bulk of a food without affecting its taste. Colorings are added to food to replace colors lost during preparation or to make food look more attractive.

  4. α-Tocopheryl acetate - Wikipedia

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    The CDC's findings were based on fluid samples from the lungs of 29 patients with vaping-associated pulmonary injury, which provided direct evidence of vitamin E acetate at the primary site of injury in all the 29 lung fluid samples tested. [3] Research suggests when vitamin E acetate is inhaled, it may interfere with normal lung functioning. [5]

  5. Dietary supplement - Wikipedia

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    In the United States, the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 provides this description: "The Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act of 1994 (DSHEA) defines the term "dietary supplement" to mean a product (other than tobacco) intended to supplement the diet that bears or contains one or more of the following dietary ingredients: a vitamin, a mineral, an herb or other ...

  6. International Numbering System for Food Additives - Wikipedia

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    E U curcumin: colour (yellow and orange) 100(ii) A E U turmeric: colour (yellow and orange) 101 A E U riboflavins: 101(i) A E U riboflavin, synthetic (vitamin B 2) colour (yellow and orange) 101(ii) A E Riboflavin-5'-phosphate: colour (yellow and orange) 101(iii) A E riboflavin from Bacillus subtilis: colour (yellow and orange) 102 A E U tartrazine

  7. Nutrition facts label - Wikipedia

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    A sample nutrition facts label, with instructions from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration [1] Nutrition facts placement for two Indonesian cartons of milk The nutrition facts label (also known as the nutrition information panel, and other slight variations [which?]) is a label required on most packaged food in many countries, showing what nutrients and other ingredients (to limit and get ...

  8. Goods and Services Tax (Singapore) - Wikipedia

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    Goods and Services Tax (GST) in Singapore is a value added tax (VAT) of 9% levied on import of goods, as well as most supplies of goods and services. Exemptions are given for the sales and leases of residential properties, importation and local supply of investment precious metals and most financial services. [1]