Highly processed foods, such as frozen meals or some boxed products, generally have the least amount of healthy ingredients and are higher in calories, fat, salt, and added sugars. You’ve probably ...

Dip into hot salsa or spicy Indian food, and your nose starts running. Beans give you gas, or a glass of wine means a headache later. If you're lactose intolerant, you expect diarrhea when you eat ...

It is quite literally the food of champions. Paris Olympics organizers are determined that it not go to waste. Food that goes uneaten at the Games — by the athletes, the spectators and the workers — ...

Food deserts, or low-income areas that lack easy access to grocery stores, are rampant across the US. At least 23.5 million Americans live in these food deserts, where grocery stores are located more ...

Ultraprocessed” has become a bad word in our food supply, but regulators are struggling with how to define the term to help consumers. Here’s why that’s so hard to do.

People often have an unpleasant reaction to something they ate and think they have a food allergy. But they may be having something else: a reaction called food intolerance. What's the difference? A ...

This story was produced in collaboration with the Food & Environment Reporting Network, a nonprofit investigative news organization. In the best of times, the United States wastes 40 percent of its ...

Food is essential to human life. It’s not only necessary for survival but also often a central part of community celebrations and social gatherings among family and friends. So, it’s no surprise that ...

Many people take the food in grocery stores for granted – but food scientists don't. It’s likely that a food scientist had a hand in researching and developing some of your favorite store-bought ...