Americans may be unwittingly exposed to carcinogens and harmful chemicals in their food because of lax food ingredient laws.

Potassium bromate, an additive banned by the California bill signed into law, is a slow-acting oxidizer that has long been used in flour to strengthen and increase the rising potential of dough.

Food dye Red No. 3 has been banned by the FDA. Are there other food additives that could soon be forbidden the same way?

Despite being banned in various regions, including California, Canada, Europe, and China, potassium bromate remains in use in the United States, prompting criticism of the FDA's pace in ...

These two additives are used in flour and found in bread. Potassium bromate increases the volume of bread and can give it a “fine crumb” structure, while azodicarbonamide strengthens dough and ...

Following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) order banning the use of Red Dye No. 3 in food products, Illinois Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias renewed his call for an overhaul of the ...

Jim Richards doesn’t look like a mad scientist and his plant-based milk made from macadamia nuts tastes delicious. Yet his carefully crafted product is one of many in the grocery store that can fall ...

Thompson’s Senate Bill 4 targeted FD&C Red No. 3, as well as additives commonly called blue dye 1, blue dye 2, brominated vegetable oil, green dye 3, potassium bromate, propylparaben ...

The bill would prevent processed foods that contain any of 11 different additives from being sold in Arizona's public schools.

Palmer Candy President and CEO Marty Palmer declined to identify which of his company's products contain FD&C Red No. 3, but it is listed on the Twin Bing packaging. He says the company shouldn't have ...

Food companies shouldn’t put harmful chemicals in their products. We eat them, after all. And as our food becomes more highly ...