Not to blindly defend excessive food additives or anything, but putting question...

Not to blindly defend excessive food additives or anything, but putting questionable additives into food has been a thing for at least three times as long as you say; look up Dr. Harvey Washington Wiley[1] and swill milk[2].

[1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Washington_Wiley?useski... [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swill_milk_scandal?useskin=vec...