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Natural or Synthetic?

June 17th, 2015 by Dr. Hannah Sivak

Natural or synthetic? Can you tell? And, more important, does it matter? A definition by the FDA: From a food science perspective, it is difficult to define a food product that is ‘natural’ because the food has probably been processed and is no longer the product of the earth. That said, FDAhas not developed a definition for use of the term natural or its derivatives. However, the agency has not objected to the use of the term if the food does not contain added color, artificial flavors, or synthetic substances. We have discussed this subject many times, but it keeps re-appearing in emails and questions. Probably as a result of…

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