E Numbers in Everyday Popular Products

From the collection of

East Anglian Film Archive at the University of East Anglia

The East Anglian Film Archive, the UK's first regional film archive, offers a unique record of the East of England's social and cultural history. As part of the University of East Anglia, we continue to lead moving image heritage research and inspire audience participation through community projects and events. Our collections represent a broad range of amateur and professional creativity, from 1896 to the present day.

E Numbers in Everyday Popular Products (About Anglia)

East Anglian Film Archive at the University of East Anglia
Norwich
1985-03-05
Sound

The Soil Association warns about additives found in popular foods.

Visit to the local supermarket in Norwich, Norfolk, finding popular everyday food items that contain E number additives. In 1985, the Soil Association published a new booklet about the increasing number of additives in foods, warning that individuals may be consuming as much as 11 pounds of additives per year. The booklet distinguishes between harmless and dangerous E number additives. For example, a can of peas contains E102, the E code for the dye Tartrazine, found to cause hyperactivity and linked to allergic reactions. Additives were added to processed food products to make them cheaper, more plentiful, convenient and attractive.

Reporter Chris Young interviewed Dr Peter Mansfield of the Soil Association for this video filmed to be shown in a news story on Anglia Television early evening news / magazine programme About Anglia.

What We Ate

If 'we are what we eat', then we're definitely not who we used to be...

The British diet has come a long way since the days when lard, suet and condensed milk were the staple of every kitchen, and when 'takeaway' invariably meant a fish supper. We still love our fish & chips - and our Sunday roasts, full English breakfasts, sausage & mash and neeps and tatties. But today our supermarkets stock food and ingredients from six continents, and our comfort food may just as likely be curry, sushi, risotto, chilli con carne or peri peri chicken. This selection of cookery shows, news reports, adverts and debates gives a taste of how our appetites and our palates were transformed, as well as highlighting some of the food fads and fears that simmered up along the way. So take a seat, browse the menu, and remember: watch what you eat!

36 videos in this collection

School Dinners Suck

Sale
2004

Genetic Engineering and Farm Animals

1997

Organic Farming At Mangreen Farm

Mangreen Fm
1987-07-01

For a Takeaway

South Shields
1996-08-02

Foot And Mouth

2001

Curry City

Bradford
2000

Butcher Tours Schools in Lincolnshire

Grantham
1985-09-19

Health Foods Introduced to School Dinners

Stowupland
1985-07-09

Tucker's Crisps Use Unpeeled Potatoes

Norwich
1986-05-16

Here and Now

West Bromwich
1986-02-16

Vegetarian Cooking

1991-11-09

The Dales Diary

Kirkby Fleetham
1994-09-12

Bletchley Receives EEC Free Beef

Bletchley
1987-01-28

Council Buys 4m Portions of Frozen Chips

Chelmsford
1987-02-16

Food, Glorious Food

Kingston upon Hull
2006-03-09