Erick Ask still remembers the first time he heard about the food ingredient that would become the focus of his professional life. He was in ninth grade. "Mr. Elslip, my biology teacher, said to us one ...

New research links carrageenan, a popular food additive, to heightened inflammation and insulin resistance in overweight individuals, raising concerns over its widespread use in processed foods. Study ...

You probably don’t cook with it at home, but the odds are good that you’re eating carrageenan. Made from seaweed, carrageenan is used as a thickener, stabilizer, and emulsifying agent to keep the ...

Carrageenan is a food additive derived from red seaweed used to thicken and stabilize processed foods. While its degraded form, poligeenan, increases cancer risk, carrageenan does not. Carrageenan is ...

The growing, but increasingly fractured organic industry does little these days that is not without controversy. USDA’s decision earlier this week to buck a recommendation and allow carrageenan as an ...

The food additive carrageenan (E 407) can be responsible for the development of chronic inflammatory bowel disease, ulcers, and increased blood sugar levels in animals. Researchers have now ...

The food additive carrageenan (E 407) can be responsible for the development of chronic inflammatory bowel disease, ulcers, and increased blood sugar levels in animals. DZD researchers have now ...

While carrageenan is an approved additive, some people still have concerns about its safety. However, research is limited to verify these safety concerns. Carrageenan is a common food additive ...

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