The United States Food and Drug Administration has recently banned the use of synthetic Red No. 3 in food and ingestible ...

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

The dye, known for its bright cherry-red color, is found in candies, snack cakes, maraschino cherries, and some beverages.

Yes, there are in fact strawberries in there, but they're there for flavor and texture, not color. That bright red comes from something else called carmine. Oh, and it's made from squashed bugs.

A common replacement for the dye is carmine, which is a red pigment made from cochineal insects which are parasites native to South America. Many companies have already switched to the natural ...

Thirty other patients had negative patch test results. Carmine is a widely used pigment derived from gravid cochineal insects. Carminic acid is the source of its color. Only two previous ...

Some food manufacturers have already reformulated products to remove Red 3. In its place they use beet juice; carmine, a dye made from insects; and pigments from foods such as purple sweet potato ...

While the process to create Carmine has been simplified and automated, it still remains a staple in the cosmetic industry due to its bright red color that is hard to replicate effectively ...

Hourglass Cosmetics is making waves once again with the expansion of its award-winning Phantom Volumizing Glossy Balm ...