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 ...

Using cutting-edge metabolomics and mouse models, scientists have uncovered how everyday food additives found in snacks and drinks may alter immune pathways—offering fresh clues to why asthma is on ...

If you've ever skimmed the ingredient list of your favorite snacks or drinks, you've probably stumbled across a string of unfamiliar words - potassium polyphosphate, acesulfame-K, sulphite ammonia ...

A recent study called into question the long-term health effects of common food preservatives. The study, published by BMJ Group, tracked more than 100,000 people for nearly 15 years and found that a ...

Eating combinations of common food additives may be tied to a slightly increased risk of Type 2 diabetes, according to a study published Tuesday in the journal PLOS Medicine. “In real life, we ingest ...

“The complexity of things—the things within things—just seems to be endless. I mean nothing is easy, nothing is simple.” –Alice Munro If you want to invent a new food additive, the U.S. Food and Drug ...