Xanthan gum is a flexible ingredient made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris. It thickens and stabilizes foods like salad dressings, sauces, and baked goods, improving their...
EDTA does a job most consumers never think about: it grabs onto trace metal…
It’s in your soda, your vitamin C tablets, your dishwasher detergent, and your shampoo,…
Check the label on a bottle of salad dressing, a carbonated soft drink, or…
Fiber fortification without the grit, sweetness, or aftertaste of older fiber ingredients has long…
Few ingredients show up in as many unrelated product categories as glycerine. It’s in…
Aspartame powder has been in the food supply since the early 1980s and remains…
Sucralose is the sweetener behind that familiar yellow packet on restaurant tables, and it’s…
Check the ingredient list on nearly any packaged snack, sports drink, or sauce, and…
