The colorant was banned from cosmetics and non-oral medications years ago because a study showed it caused cancer in rats. But it remained approved for many snack foods and other products until this ...
Made from petroleum and chemically known as erythrosine, red dye No. 3 is a synthetic color additive used to give foods and beverages a cherry-red color.
Three companies that use Red Dye No. 3 have responded to Newsweek about the ban on the additive from the nation's food supply, which is due to its potential links to cancer.
Food and beverage manufacturers must reformulate thousands of products, including candy and cereal, that use the ...
Newsweek published a list of some of the foods and drinks that contain Red No. 3. Those items include: Candies like Pez Assorted Fruit, Dubble Bubble Original Twist, Brach's Candy Corn and Jelly Belly ...
VERIFY answers four questions about the common food additive red dye No. 3, including what products contain it and if the FDA ...
So what makes Red No. 3 so controversial? This synthetic food dye is commonly used to give food and drinks their bright ...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned the use of Red No. 3, a food dye that had been linked to thyroid cancer in ...
The FDA ha banned Red No. 3 from food and drugs due to its potential cancer risk. A Yale professor and toxicologist and ...
Companies say they are working to update their products to comply with the Food and Drug Administration's decision Wednesday to ban the artificial food dye Red 3, after the agency said it was revoking ...
Red Dye 3, a synthetic color additive found in many candies and snacks, has been banned by the FDA due to concerns that it ...