Sulphites have important antioxidant and antibacterial properties, they have invaded our food and can cause some intolerance often ignored.

Antioxidants, they neutralize the oxygen that changes the colour of products and turn them darker: they are preservatives and whitening agents.

Antibacterial, they delay the development of yeasts in all fermentation processes and of some fungus responsible for mold.

That is why they are used as additives in many food industry products, codes E220 to E228 mandatorily written on labels.

You weigh 55 kg? You may safely absorb (in principle!) 38,5 mg of sulphites per day. But that does not mean you don’t have a sulphite intolerance!