Adding Molecules to Food, Pros and Cons: A Review on Synthetic and Natural Food Additives.

By Márcio Carocho, M. Barreiro, P. Morales, Isabel C. F. R. Ferreira. Comprehensive Reviews in Food Science and Food Safety, 2014

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Flavonoids and Other Phenolic Compounds from Medicinal Plants for Pharmaceutical and Medical Aspects: An Overview (2018, background): “The naturally occurring antioxidant molecules have significantly increased in both usages and research studies; many natural antioxidant compounds have been employed in medical and pharmaceutical products as the substitute compounds for artificial antioxidant ones which have suspected to be one of t”
The Western Diet–Microbiome-Host Interaction and Its Role in Metabolic Disease (2018, positive): “not include effects on the microbiome [51], but recent studies indicate that additives can induce microbiota-mediated adverse effects in the host.”
Making sense of the "clean label" trends: A review of consumer food choice behavior and discussion of industry implications. (2017, methodology): “Generally, consumers will choose food without additives, but if these are not available, then consumes will choose food containing natural additives over the artificial ones (Carocho et al., 2014).”