Food Additives
What's in 'flavor'? No one knows—and that's a problem
A loophole in the process for evaluating food ingredients—paired with vague labels for flavor and lax oversight—means almost no one knows what we're eating.
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Chemical Cuisine
Our food additive safety ratings
Wondering which ingredients in your foods and beverages are safe? Our Chemical Cuisine database rates additives—used to preserve foods and affect their taste, texture, or appearance—from ‘safe' to 'avoid.'
Caffeine Chart
How much is too much?
Caffeine is one of the only FDA-approved drugs that is present naturally and legally added to widely consumed foods. Exactly how much caffeine is there in the food and beverages you consume? CSPI has compiled the data.
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Ordering restaurant food through third-party platforms such as DoorDash, Grubhub, and Uber Eats is becoming very common, but labeling on these platforms is severely lacking. Submit a comment in support of menu labeling requirements on third-party platforms.
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Booklet
The Healthy Cook's Kitchen: Seafood
Eat seafood once or twice a week. That’s what health experts recommend. Wouldn’t it be wonderful to have a stable of simple, scrumptious, and healthy recipes to help you get there? That’s where we come in! In the third installment of The Healthy Cook’s Kitchen series, chef Kate Sherwood shares some of her favorite recipes. How does Poached Provencal White Fish sound? Or Snapper Tacos with Avocado Salsa? Mmm…