Additives are chemical substances mixed with food products to facilitate processing, storage or enhance their organoleptic properties. Only those additives that have passed certain laboratory tests are permitted for use as food.
What is the ideal food? Berthelot's contemporary, the brilliant writer and fellow member of the French Academy Anatole France, twenty years before Berthelot's interview, put the words "ideal food" into the mouth of one of his heroes.
The concept of ideal food and ideal nutrition in general is based on strict scientific postulates. It is scientifically developed on the basis of classical nutrition theory, which was formed under the influence of the works of the greatest scientists, especially of the 19th and 20th centuries.
The idea of constructing the ideal food and making nutrition ideal, feeding all the starving, preventing numerous diseases and ultimately changing human nature seemed extremely attractive.
The preparation of flour, cereals and other products from whole grains has been widely used since ancient times and retains its importance to this day. Whole grain bread has long been one of the most widely consumed food products in various countries, particularly in Ukraine.
The mistakes that are associated with feeding newborns and are based on the theory of balanced nutrition are striking. As is known, in higher organisms, including humans, food is digested through cavity and membrane digestion.
Let us consider specific examples of different solutions to some important nutritional problems in light of classical and new theories. One of these problems is related to milk nutrition, the other to milk intolerance.
