One significant area of research has been the development of novel dispersants for disperse dyes and organic pigments. For instance, a study introduced a carboxylate comb-like copolymer that ...

Now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has banned Red Dye No. 3, artificial food dyes are under increasing scrutiny.

Today, though, developments in organic chemistry mean we can synthesise a huge diversity of dyes and pigments, and it was estimated that the dye industry contributed £3.8 billion to GDP in 2007, while ...

T he U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned the use of Red Dye No. 3 in food and ingested drugs on Wednesday, more than three decades after the agency prohibited it from being used in ...

The “exempt from certification” category is used for dyes and pigments from natural sources, like vegetables, minerals or animals. For example, beta carotene is used for yellow or orange ...

But they also found out that some plants and animals (insects and mollusks) could yield color when mixed with hot water, and this was the origin of natural dyes. Pigments are suitable to be ...

But how do you decide whether to use dye, stain or pigment? First of all, you’ll need to understand the differences between the three. While the terms are often used interchangeably, dyes ...

Centuries before the now-banned red dye No. 3 was synthesized in a lab, humans turned to insects to color their foods, ...