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 approved three natural food additives. Food and nutrition experts share what that means for families and our food supply. Fact checked by Sarah Scott The FDA is attempting to phase out ...

The FDA is attempting to phase out petroleum-based dyes from the nation's food supply. It approved one more natural food additive, gardenia (genipin) blue, in addition to three previous one: Galdieria ...

Are the additives in our food quietly conspiring against our health? A new French study dives into the tangled web of food additives, not as individual villains, but at their gang affiliations. Do ...

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

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. In 1958, a new provision to the nation's food safety laws required food manufacturers to request approval from the FDA ...

Aldi has removed many food additives from its exclusive store products, but one of them is even more controversial than the ...

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

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 ...