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human
ELI5:How does our body process foods with large amounts of artificial additives?

In terms of storing, breaking down and excretion..thanks!
gpt
This is really going to depend on the specific additive.

The word artificial in your question is probably the least useful one. Your body doesn't really care how a substance came to be, it will do what it can to either turn it into something else, absorb and piss it out, shit it out, or some combination of all of those things. They don't usually have a meaningful impact on the food itself.