why are antioxidant added to food products that will be stored on our kitchen shelves?

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why are antioxidant added to food products that will be stored on our kitchen shelves?

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Antioxidants are substances that is useful in prevention and delayed the damage of cell caused by free radical. Antioxidants can be natural or artificial and it is also known as  “free-radical scavengers.”

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