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Recent scientific investigations have uncovered troubling connections between common food additives called emulsifiers and various digestive health issues. These substances, present in numerous ...

THE WORD “EMULSIFIER” may sound strange or foreign to you, but I promise you that you’re already familiar with what they are. Because if you’ve looked at the ingredient label on ice cream, packaged ...

An emulsifier is a binding agent used in products like processed foods, cleaning agents, and personal care items. Overconsuming them is linked to increased inflammation, gut health issues, and cancer ...

Emulsifiers are used in thousands of food and beverage products worldwide. They’re in chocolates, cakes, breads, ice creams, margarines, dressings, sausages, pâtés, non-dairy milks, and vegan cheeses ...

As ultraprocessed food consumption has dramatically risen, so has concern that they — and the additives they contain ― contribute to gut diseases, including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), ...

An emulsion is a mixture of two or more liquids that are usually not mixable but mix under specific circumstances — generally by using substances that help them mix. These substances are called ...

Emulsifiers, which are added to most processed foods to aid texture and extend shelf life, can alter the gut microbiota composition and localization to induce intestinal inflammation that promotes the ...