Food & Beverage — Regulatory and legal pressure mounts on food additives and ultraprocessed ingredients as industry faces multi-front scrutiny

Food & Beverage · 2026-05-01

The Food & Beverage industry is facing a convergence of regulatory, legal, and reputational pressures that collectively signal a tightening operating environment. New York is advancing legislation that would close the GRAS self-determination loophole and ban three additives—the first state to do so with this scope—setting a potential template for other states and creating a patchwork compliance…