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 ...

The unusual way the U.S. regulates ingredients is in the news and the hot seat right now, thanks to the recent ban of a food ...

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 ...

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 ...

“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 ...