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TIL in Hamburg, Germany, there is a Food Additives Museum dedicated to the emulsifiers, stabilizers, dyes, thickeners, preservatives, and flavorings in our everyday foods. The exhibits explains the history and current landscape of food additives in an informational rather than political way.

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