Ultra-processed foods are often defined, in part, by the presence of cosmetic additives. Yet, according to a new comment from ...

Common food preservatives such as nitrites and sorbates may be linked to a slightly higher risk of certain cancers or type 2 ...

The preservatives that keep processed foods fresh may also be quietly increasing the risk of type 2 diabetes.

Newly released federal dietary guidelines for Americans call for fewer ultra-processed foods, but some public health experts ...

To gain more knowledge about how ultra-processed food affects us, we need new research methods, claim researchers. Now they ...

Higher intake of certain food preservatives, common in processed foods, may be linked to a modest increase in cancer risk.

Changes to the standards include a mix of “Make America Healthy Again” rhetoric and longstanding nutrition recommendations.

The global rise of ultra-processed foods in diets worldwide poses a major public health threat, according to experts who published a series of papers in medical journal The Lancet. The authors cite ...

Eating some common food preservatives is linked to a slightly higher risk of eventually developing cancer and diabetes, ...