We have made studies concerning the influence of food additives on the quality of smoked sausages that is realized in public food network.The quality of smoked sausages was determined in accordance with the basic requirements of current standards for this group of products.As for the food additives used in the manufacture of smoked sausages, denoted by the letter E through the alignment of European Union rules, mention, that contained both in the studied productsand in most food products, and for consumers is good information. The use of additives in food industry is somewhere between necessity and risk and therefore, it is necessarystrict control of the doses usedin the manufacturing process.