In Scientific Lecture of 2014 China Association for Science and Technology Summer Science Fair on July 13, Sun Baoguo, the Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering and Vice-Chancellor of Beijing Technology and Business University, pointed out the role of food additives in food and food safety has become a scientific problem to be popularized.

    The history of food additives usage is as long as the human civilization history. There is no modern food without food additives. Additives are not food additives. The food additives need to be cognized by the society correctly.