Synthetic food dyes — and their links to neurobehavioral issues in children — are having a moment. Last month, California governor Gavin Newsom signed the California School Food Safety Act into law, ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for health and human services secretary, has a reputation for supporting fringe and controversial public health ideas, but some of his ...

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Certain synthetic food dyes are linked to behavioral issues in kids. Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a law to ban them in school snacks by 2028. Why it matters: Children are the most vulnerable to the ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—Mississippi State University is fueling the future of food science with the establishment of the Reed Family Endowed Professorship and the university’s newly created Food Science ...

In mere minutes, smearing mice with a common food dye can make their skin almost as transparent as glass. For a study in Science, researchers spread a solution of tartrazine, a common coloring for ...

You're in luck: These plant-based colorings do a nifty job of turning your food green—just in time for St. Patrick's Day. Serious Eats / Kelli Solomon, Amanda Suarez It's that time of year when the ...

From freshly baked bread to a cup of coffee, food is a sensory experience that connects us all. When it comes to how our food is made, however, we rarely focus on the science that is used to create it ...