Most of the food you eat today has preservatives in it. Natural and artificial preservatives are added to help keep your food from spoiling quickly. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration heavily ...

The difficulty in defining a ‘natural’ preservative and the lack of comparable alternatives to synthetics means the ‘no added preservative’ claim will remain relevant only for sectors that can afford ...

The term ‘natural’ has been used to mean so many things that it means less all the time, except as a starting point for class action lawsuits. But tell consumers you’re getting rid of artificial ...

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A growing demand for organic food, coupled with healthy eating trends and a preference for premium products, is driving the growth of the natural food preservatives sector, according to a report. The ...

In spite of that, the number of additives in the U.S. food supply is growing. More than half of all groceries purchased by Americans contain some kind of chemical coloring or flavoring agents, ...

For busy shoppers who value convenience, packaged foods can be an easy weeknight fallback. Refrigerated products such as deli meats, with help from preservatives, are expected to last through a week ...

Canadian startup Chinova Bioworks plans to launch its antimicrobial natural food preservative, made from mushroom chitosan, at the end of this year for dairy and sauce applications, answering industry ...

THE standard method 1 of measuring the toxicity of wood preservatives consists of exposing small wood blocks, containing a range of loadings of the preservative, to attack by a specific ...