Americans think nothing of using aluminum foil to prepare breakfast, lunch and dinner — but there are some risks involved, ...

“Aluminum foil is safe for most everyday cooking,” Gavin said. “When baking cookies on a foil-lined tray, very little ...

But is this actually true? Is cooking with aluminum foil bad for you? Determined to get to the bottom of this, we reached out to food safety experts for their take on whether cooking with aluminum ...

“Aluminum is found throughout nature in various forms,” says Martin Bucknavage, a Senior Extension Program Specialist in Food Safety and Quality at Penn State’s Department of Food Science.

While convenient, using aluminium foil for cooking might not be completely risk-free. Experts suggest acidic foods can cause ...

While convenient, using aluminium foil for cooking might not be completely risk-free. Experts suggest acidic foods can cause ...

But it can still grow in more challenging conditions. “Mould is tough”, says Philippa Hudson, Senior Lecturer in Food Safety at Bournemouth University, pointing out it can contend with the ...

Aluminum ammonium sulfate, also known as ammonium alum, is a versatile compound that finds extensive use as a buffering agent ...

Food safety expert Professor Anthony Hilton from Aston University says the five-second rule is usually correct, but it depends on what type of food you've dropped and on what type of surface it ...

And your shaker of Parmesan cheese? It probably has wood pulp inside. You might feel the companies behind these food products are using deceptive packaging — but it's legal. However, there's a ...