Artificial food dyes like Red 40 are used in countless products — and have long been the subject of debate. For decades, regulators believed that artificial dyes were safe to eat in small amounts. But ...

Within the ultra-processed category, items such as breads, pastries, packaged cereals, ready-to-heat frozen meals, and long-shelf-life ready-to-eat meals were associated with more emotional problems.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr has spent years railing against food additives, framing them as part of a broader threat to public health. Now, as the US health secretary, his views have taken on new weight.

An enduring controversy in the ADHD world is the role of diet and, in particular, synthetic food dyes. This issue has come to the forefront again recently because the State of California is reviewing ...