phosphate 磷酸鹽

phosphate
繁：磷酸鹽
简：磷酸盐

根據以色列時報（The Times of Isreal）報導，歐盟考量了商家在製作沙威瑪時，添加了可能增加罹患心血管疾病風險的「磷酸鹽」（phosphates）。業者解釋，為了要保持肉汁與香味，在運輸和保存的過程中會使用這類添加劑來維持新鮮。

沙威瑪添加物含磷酸鹽　歐盟將立法禁售！業者怒：這決定是垃圾（2017年12月6日）。ETToday 新聞雲，取自 https://www.ettoday.net/news/20171206/1066767.htm

Phosphate additives are used in many foods to enhance flavour and moisture in not only frozen meats used often in kebabs, but also cheese, bran cereals and other baked goods. However, a 2012 study found that phosphate is linked to heart disease, prompting some MEPs to act, including Christel Schaldemose of Denmark.

Kebab panic: EU objection to phosphate ‘threatens’ Germany’s beloved kebabs. (2017, November 30). Euronews. Retrieved from http://www.euronews.com/2017/11/30/kebab-panic-eu-objection-to-phosphate-threatens-germany-s-beloved-kebabs