A contingency of policymakers in Illinois seeks to ban five food additives commonly found in ultra-processed foods like candy and soda.
Legislation passed by a state senate committee last week that would prohibit the use of brominated vegetable oil, potassium bromate, propylparaben, red dye No. 3, and titanium dioxide in products sold in Illinois. The chemicals are banned in the European Union, and four of the five additives will be prohibited in California beginning in 2027 under a law that passed there last year.
