The whitening agent has been banned in food products sold in the EU since August 2022, and many US firms are under pressure to remove it.

On April 14, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration filed a petition submitted by the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) and several other NGOs requesting that the agency repeal its regulation ...

The company that produces Skittles has stopped adding titanium dioxide, a color additive, to the popular candy. This additive was previously banned in the European Union in 2022 due to possible health ...

Skittles’s “taste the rainbow” motto is getting a dark new meaning in the wake of a lawsuit alleging the dangers of a little-known ingredient: titanium dioxide, an artificial chemical additive that ...

The color additive titanium dioxide was quietly removed from the Skittles candy ingredient list. The white powdery mineral is added to food, even paint, to enhance color. Ti02 is FDA-approved for food ...

In a lawsuit filed last week, a consumer alleged that Skittles were "unfit for human consumption" because the rainbow candy contained a "known toxin" – an artificial color additive called titanium ...

CHICAGO – Product developers in the late 1980s into the 1990s working on fat-free foods and beverages often turned to titanium dioxide to replace the white color associated with the absence of creamy ...

Experts are raising concerns about titanium dioxide, a commonly used pigment that makes our food prettier. And while the Food ...

Even if you’ve never heard of titanium dioxide, there’s a good chance that this additive is somewhere in your kitchen. It’s found in everything from canned soup to trail mix to shredded cheese. While ...