M&S joins race to ban artificial additives from their food

Marks & Spenscer has become the latest store chain to announce it will remove artificial colours and flavours from 99 per cent of its food products by the end of the year.

Asda revealed it was doing the same with 9,000 own-brand items earlier this week.

The decision follows a study commissioned by the Food Standards Agency which drew a link between additives and poor behaviour and concentration in children.

The bans announced by M&S and Asda extend to the controversial sweetener aspartame. continued →