Plain-English articles on food additives, ultra-processed food, packaging chemicals and food regulation, to help families make informed choices.
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Preservative 282 is calcium propionate, also labelled E282 in the UK and Europe. It’s a mould inhibitor added mainly to packaged bread, wraps and baked goods. Regulators in Australia and New Zealand, ... ...more
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October 27, 2026•7 min read
A parent's guide to the colours in Halloween lollies: which numbers are synthetic, which come from plants, and what FSANZ and EU rules say. ...more
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October 20, 2026
Have you ever checked the ingredients of your favourite plant-based milk, ice cream or yoghurt and noticed carrageenan? This food additive comes from red seaweed and is used to give food a smooth text... ...more
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October 19, 2026•5 min read
Ultra-processed foods are everywhere! From instant noodles and packaged snacks to sugary drinks, processed meats, frozen meals, and many ready-to-eat products. ...more
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October 12, 2026•2 min read
Xanthan gum sounds like something you’d expect to find in a laboratory, not your pantry. Yet this ingredient appears in everything from salad dressings and sauces to baked goods, puddings, plant-based... ...more
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September 29, 2026•5 min read
If you've ever bought a "cholesterol-lowering" margarine or spread from the supermarket, you've already eaten phytosterols. ...more
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September 22, 2026•3 min read
One slushie. That's all it took, in documented hospital cases, for some young children to end up with dangerously low blood sugar, loss of consciousness, and symptoms severe enough to initially be mis... ...more
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September 15, 2026•6 min read
We've covered several individual PFAS pesticide stories recently, from a proposed residue increase on berries and new approvals in the US to the forever chemical TFA turning up in multiple unrelated p... ...more
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September 07, 2026•5 min read
Paraquat is a herbicide banned in 70+ countries over links to Parkinson's disease. Australia's regulator just finished a review that took almost 30 years — here's what paraquat actually is, why it's c... ...more
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August 31, 2026•6 min read
Australia's Health Star Rating is about to stop being optional. After years of underwhelming voluntary uptake, food ministers have directed regulators to draft legislation making it compulsory on pack... ...more
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August 25, 2026•4 min read
Canola oil shows up in an enormous range of packaged snacks, sauces and baked goods, and sits in a huge share of pantries as the default cooking oil. ...more
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August 16, 2026•5 min read
Most people assume lab-grown meat is still a few years off — something happening in labs overseas, not on Australian menus yet. It's already here. ...more
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August 11, 2026•5 min read
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