Understanding Food Ingredients

The International Food Information Council has released a new consumer resource entitled What's in Our Food: Understanding Common Food Ingredients. This handy document describes how and why certain food ingredients are used and how the USDA and FDA determine if they are safe to eat and if the foods that contain them are accurately labeled. You can download it here: What's in Our Food: Understanding Common Food Ingredients

More About Food Ingredients

Common Food Additives
Most food additives are ingredients that help preserve or enhance the flavor of processed foods. Here's a list of some of the most common food additives.

Nutritional Ingredients - Food Additives That are Good for You
Some ingredients that are added to the foods we eat will help to improve our health. Find out which nutritional ingredients are good for you.

Are Natural Ingredients Better Than Artificial Ingredients?
Natural ingredients are derived from natural sources, but does that mean they're automatically better for you? Not really.