A recent lawsuit has grabbed headlines and raised consumer concerns with its claim that Skittles, the popular many-colored candies, contain “a known toxin”: the chemical titanium dioxide. The suit, ...
Since antiquity, humans have used pigments to add colour to their surroundings. Today the main one is titanium dioxide — a naturally occurring compound that is extremely white and bright in its ...
CHICAGO — California’s Assembly Bill 418 puts titanium dioxide, a food formulator’s go-to bright white and opacity ingredient, in the spotlight once again. The ingredient has been in and out of the ...