New research raises questions about everyday ingredients in processed foods—and what they could mean for long-term heart ...

Researchers found eight specific preservatives associated with higher blood pressure, including sodium nitrite commonly found ...

A major study of more than 112,000 people found that eating foods containing common preservatives may be linked to a higher ...

From chips and snack cakes to drink mixes and pudding, many popular processed foods contain additives used to enhance color, ...

Tests by Consumer Reports and Yuka found high levels of additives and contaminants in popular products from Cheetos, Hostess, ...

Certain food preservatives might silently be raising our blood pressure and heart disease risk, recent research has found.

A slice of red velvet cake with red sprinkles. The US Food and Drug Administration is reevaluating the safety of red no. 3 dye in food. Credit: Shutterstock The US Food and Drug Administration is ...

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.

The FDA announced June 15 its finalized Food Chemical Safety Post-Market Assessment Program and launched a formal ...

Food additives are everywhere these days, largely due to the surge in processed food consumption. Yet despite their widespread use, we still know relatively little about how these additives interact - ...

FDA approval. Many were added in secret, through a sneaky loophole built into the 1958 Food Additives Amendment.It was supposed to require FDA approval for new additives. But food companies and ...

In April 2025, the FDA launched an initiative to phase out petroleum-based food dyes, known as Food, Drug and Cosmetic dyes.