The Quiet Invasion: Food Additives
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The Quiet Invasion: Food Additives
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This podcast examines the accelerating trend of industrial food additives in the American food supply, citing a study that tracked household purchases between 2001 and 2019. This analysis reveals that over 60 percent of packaged foods purchased by consumers now contain these additives, often referred to as Markers of Ultra-Processing (MUPs), and that the average product shows an increase in the total number of additives over time. Specifically, the source highlights that categories such as frozen entrées contain an extremely high count of additives. At the same time, baby foods have seen significant growth in both sales and products containing three or more additives. This phenomenon is concerning because many newly introduced chemicals lack Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval and have largely unknown health consequences, including potential links to disruption of the gut microbiota and direct cytotoxic effects. Effects demonstrated by commonly used preservatives.