06/01/2026
That ingredient list on the back of your favourite packaged snack, condiment, or deli meat may be doing more than preserving flavour and extending shelf life. A major new study has found that eight commonly used food preservatives are independently associated with an increased risk of high blood pressure, heart attack, and stroke, and the findings are raising urgent questions about ingredients that regulators have long considered safe.
A landmark study tracking over 112,000 adults for nearly eight years has flagged eight widely used food preservatives, including some marketed as "natural" as potentially harmful to cardiovascular health. People with the highest intake had up to a 29% greater risk of hypertension and a 16% higher ri...
