Many people think that if an ingredient is hard to pronounce, you should avoid it—but that's not always the case. Registered dietitians shed light on scientific ingredient names that can actually ...

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The technology is fundamentally reshaping food science while also allowing consumers to test brands' health claims in real ...

Though the health secretary falsely claimed a victory in a recent podcast, a federal proposal to review all new food ...

"Too much of anything is bad for you." That’s what my mom would say when I asked to eat an entire watermelon for dinner. "But fruit is healthy," I would beg. At that moment, my mom was passing on ...

Ingredients such as salt and corn syrup that the Food and Drug Administration calls "generally recognized as safe" can be used in foods without thorough government review. The head of the Health and ...