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If you regularly eat processed or packaged foods, you’ve almost certainly consumed disodium phosphate. It’s a common additive used to improve texture, preserve color, balance pH, and stabilize foods ranging...

Check the label before you treat! Halloween should be fun, spooky, and just a little sugary—but that doesn’t mean your candy bowl has to be filled with artificial dyes, corn syrup, and mystery ingredients....

If you’ve ever read a nutrition label in the U.S., you’ve probably seen it: “Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000-calorie diet.” But where did this magic number come from? Is it the gold standard...

When it comes to plant-based protein, soy often steals the spotlight—but not without controversy. For years, soy has been praised for its high protein content and complete amino acid profile, only to be...

Let’s get one thing out of the way: fruit has sugar. Yes, even the healthiest, most antioxidant-packed blueberry is still sweetened by nature’s own sugar. But before you start side-eyeing your banana like...