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 ...

Before you fall for fear-mongering, you need to understand what food additives are. Food additives, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) explains, are “any substance the intended use of which ...

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.

Food additive mixtures are an everyday feature of our diets, especially through ultra-processed foods. Until recently, safety evaluations of these additives have been conducted substance by substance ...

By analysing nationally representative diet data, researchers show that food additives rarely occur alone, with children and ...

ASN’s guidance helps clinicians and patients with CKD understand the effects of potassium and phosphorus food additives on their health.

Additives that are commonly found in ultra-processed foods could be increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes when mixed together in certain ways, new research has shown – which may prompt a rethink in ...

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As the World Health Organization (WHO) publishes its latest information on additives, the food industry details how insufficient quality data is the biggest threat to their growth and management. On ...