Tag: Additives

Nestlé to remove all artificial food colourings from its products this year

01 Jul 2026

Nestlé plans to remove artificial food colourings from all food products worldwide by the end of 2026, a senior executive told Reuters on Tuesday. This is the first major food com...

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Food colouring additives also linked to type 2 diabetes

27 May 2026

A study by the French National Institute of Health and Medical Research (INSERM), based on the NutriNet-Santé Prospective Cohort of over 100,000 individuals, has linked colouring ...

Tags: Additives, colouring, type 2 diabetes

The EU sets revised guidelines for nitrates and nitrites

10 Oct 2023

In pursuit of utmost food safety within the European Union and as a proactive measure under Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, the European Commission has established revised guid...

Tags: Additives, Consumers, EFSA, European Commission, nitrates, nitrites

French Minister of Agriculture Questions the Relevance of the Nutri-Score Algorithm

26 Nov 2021

The French Minister for Agriculture and Food, Julien Denormandie recently acknowledged the need to review the nutrition rating system known as Nutri-Score; stating that the system ...

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New French study on the harmfulness of food additives for human health

17 Nov 2021

Food additives are substances intentionally added to foodstuffs for various technological, sensory, and nutritional purposes (e.g. extending shelf life, sweetening, or stabilizing ...

Tags: Additives, E171, EFSA, France

Food additive E171 banned in food products in France

23 Apr 2019

Last week, we were pleased to hear that France decided to ban the use of titanium dioxide (E171, a substance used to obtain white colouring in food, cosmetics, paint, creams and ph...

Tags: Additives, colouring, E171, nanoparticles

New guidance on nanotechnologies in food and feed

04 Jul 2018

EFSA has published its guidance on how to assess the safety of nanoscience and nanotechnology applications. The guidance focuses on the safety assessment for human and animal healt...

Tags: Additives, EFSA, Food Packaging, Food Safety, Pesticides

E621, E171: pourquoi certains additifs sont bannis de nos aliments

12 Apr 2017

Les distributeurs font pression sur leurs fournisseurs pour éviter des additifs potentiellement dangereux dans la composition de leurs produits. Le groupe Carrefour en a ainsi él...

Tags: Additives, Consumers, Food Safety