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Lifestyle and environment - Additives

Expert advice on food additives. Which additives are safe and which ones to avoid.

Is all processed food evil?

Is all processed food evil?

What do you look at first on a food label?...

Sweet flavour without sugar: impossible dream?

Sweet flavour without sugar: impossible dream?

Lately we’ve been seeing a lot of new products coming...

Ask the experts: Sulphites

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Ask the experts: Sulphites

Our foods contain many naturally occurring chemicals and often added...

Ask the experts: Diet drinks

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Ask the experts: Diet drinks

Q: "I've heard a lot about aspartame in the media...

Ask the experts: Diet Coke vs Coke Zero

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Ask the experts: Diet Coke vs Coke Zero

Q: "I'd like to know if Coke Zero or Diet...

Ask the experts: Additives in beef

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Ask the experts: Additives in beef

Q: "I love roast beef but I am horrified by...

Ask the experts: Artificial sweeteners

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Ask the experts: Artificial sweeteners

Q: "I have read some real horror stories on the...

Ask the experts: Can I get sick from aspartame?

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Q: "I've heard stories of people having all kinds of...

Ask the experts: Aspartame and methanol

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Ask the experts: Aspartame and methanol

Q: "I read somewhere that aspartame breaks down into methanol...

Are everyday foods making you sick?

Are everyday foods making you sick?

Our food is made up of chemicals. And when your...

What’s really in our food?

What’s really in our food?

Many of our favourite foods these days contain a long...

A grain of salt

A grain of salt

It’s our most common food additive and some say the...

Fact or fiction: MSG is bad for you

Fact or fiction: MSG is bad for you

MSG's taken a bad rap, and you may have heard...

Food additives and common ingredients

Food additives and common ingredients

Senior nutritionist Rose Carr takes us through some common food...

Fact or fiction: Additives banned overseas are used here

Fact or fiction: Additives banned overseas are used...

It's a commonly-held belief that some food additives banned overseas...

What’s really in your food?

What’s really in your food?

The term ‘food additive’ makes us think of scientists in...

What are ‘preservatives’?

What are ‘preservatives’?

We answer a common question on food ingredients.Preservatives are natural...

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