Processed Food Additive Mixtures May Increase Diabetes Risk, Study Finds

Researchers looked at five separate additive mixtures often used in processed foods to determine whether they increased the risk of developing diabetes.

A woman shops for groceries at a supermarket in Monterey Park, Calif., on Oct. 19, 2022. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

Researchers found in a recent study that eating some common additives often found in processed food products may be linked to a higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes.

Published in PLOS Medicine on Tuesday, French researchers looked at five separate additive mixtures that are often used in processed foods to determine whether they increased the risk of developing diabetes, with two of the mixtures increasing the risk at significant levels.