Walk down your grocery aisle, and you’ll spot many foods containing ingredients you won’t find in Europe. The unusual way the U.S. regulates ingredients is in the news and the hot seat right now, ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces a sweeping initiative to ban synthetic food dyes, signaling a new era of U.S. food safety reform. Many common foods in the U.S.

Multiple preservatives that are added to food products to lengthen their shelf life have significant associations with overall cancer development.

Foods that rely heavily on preservatives may be doing more than extending shelf life. In a large study spanning more than a ...

A recent study in the journal Scientific Reports evaluated exposure to food additives and their mixtures among adults and children in France. Widespread Use of Food Additives in Modern Diets Food ...

Higher intake of certain food preservatives, common in processed foods, may be linked to a modest increase in cancer risk.

A striking new report from the federal government this month found that Americans on average get about half their calories from ultra-processed foods that have been linked in studies to increased ...

The announcement comes as Kennedy has touted the effectiveness of a healthy diet in mitigating disease in humans. Many food additives legal in the U.S. have been banned in other countries, including ...

Food additives and dyes have come under increased scrutiny with bills in the Texas Legislature seeking to ban certain ones. Food additives — dyes in particular — are coming under a lot of scrutiny ...

Food additives are often considered undesirable by consumers. This is particularly the case recently, with many consumers concerned about their prevalence within ultra-processed foods. So are ...