Evidence-based articles on food ingredients, nutrition, and food science.
Decoded | Why Strawberries are trending & the exposed blind spot in how Food Safety is measured. A strawberry looks uncomplicated. No ingredient panel.
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Sweetness Decoded | The Sweetener Boom Outran the Safety System A decade ago, artificial and low-calorie sweeteners still carried a fairly obvious identity.
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Potassium bromate makes dough stronger. The harder question is why a chemical tied to DNA damage and animal tumors remains legal in much of the United States.
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Titanium Dioxide Decoded: The White Pigment That Split the World's Food-Safety Authorities A powdered doughnut is supposed to look harmless.
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Propylparaben: The Preservative in the Tortilla Aisle That California No Longer Wants in Food A packaged tortilla can remain soft and apparently fresh long...
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