Additive number theory investigates the ways in which integers can be expressed as sums of elements drawn from prescribed sets. Central to this field are representation functions, which count the ...

They integrate with the food item to become a component, thereby improving its quality. Food additives are used during production, processing, treatment, packaging, transportation or storage of food.

We often think of food additives as complex chemical substances produced by our modern society. However, the use of food additives dates to ancient times. Early people used salt to preserve meat and ...

Bisphenol A, a substance found in many synthetic products, is considered to be harmful, particularly, for fetuses and babies. Researchers have now shown in experiments on cells from human and mouse ...

Reading the ingredient list on packaged food can leave you feeling bamboozled. Especially when it comes to the names and numbers of food additives, which are often completely unidentifiable and ...