Earlier this year, the FDA announced plans to ban the food coloring Red No. 3 in food and drink, stoking the conversation around so-called food additives. Since the 1990s, consumers have read ...

Food additives play a critical role in the food industry. Additives include colorings, flavor enhancers and preservatives. There are many benefits of food additives, yet there are ongoing concerns ...

The vast majority of baby foods, drinks and snacks sold in the United States for children ages 6 months to 36 months are ultraprocessed and may contain additives increasingly linked to potential ...

We all know that ultraprocessed foods aren’t the healthiest choice, but a new study has found that some can have worse effects on your health than others. Published in The BMJ on May 8, 2024, the ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr has spent years railing against food additives, framing them as part of a broader threat to public health. Now, as the US health secretary, his views have taken on new weight.

But folks often struggle to define what they deem bad about food additives, and, surprisingly, they have an equally difficult time pinpointing which ingredients they believe are good. In reality, food ...