A new iPhone app called Food Additive Lens uses artificial intelligence to help consumers and professionals better understand ingredients and additives in ...

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 ...

Some popular candies and snacks are being put under the microscope. California could become the first state in the nation to ban the sale, manufacture and distribution of foods containing five ...

Update: On April 8, 2024, Consumer Reports published an article titled “The Dangerous Dyes and Other Food Additives States Want to Ban,” wherein we discussed California’s prohibition of the use of ...

Update: On April 22, 2025, FDA commissioner Marty Makary announced plans to phase out synthetic food dyes from the U.S. food supply by the end of 2026. These dyes are currently used in thousands of ...

Food science leaders have urged consumers and industry to make fairer judgements of processed foods and additives ...

Advocates are pushing for more U.S. regulation of these commonly used food additives, many of which are already banned or restricted abroad. Some gelatin (and for vegans, agar-agar or carrageenan) ...

Dozens of bills in more than 15 states are targeting harmful additives, many of which have been ignored by the FDA ...