Plant-based alternatives contain twice as many additives as animal products, finds study (opens in new tab)

A first-of-its-kind study of supermarket products has found that in total, the plant-based items sampled contained twice as many food additives as the animal-based equivalents. Overall, the plant-based products contained more additives, more ingredients and more E-numbers than their animal-based counterparts. A team from the Institute for Optimum Nutrition in London led the research, published in Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A.