What foods and drinks look like — the colors we see before the first morsels or sips hit our tastebuds — have mattered to ...

A common food dye used in candies, cereals, condiments, chips, juices, and some dietary supplements and medicines is under scrutiny again some 50 years after its safety was first called into ...

A popular TikToker recently sparked an online debate when she posted a helpful hack for using natural alternatives to the ...

Food and beverage companies have until 2027 to remove Red Dye No. 3 from their products. This change could affect the look of ...

Color signaling has long provided us with visual clues about what to eat and what not to eat. Food dressed in fuzzy black and blue mold? No, thank you. Red meat fading to dull brown? Merely a case of ...

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

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned Red No. 3 last week, a dye that gives food and drink a bright, cherry-red color. The removal is in response to a color additive petition filed in ...

While some companies may transition to natural colorants like beet juice and turmeric as alternatives to synthetic dyes others may opt to use approved artificial food dyes to keep costs down.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has banned the use of red dye No. 3 in foods, more than three decades after researchers discovered its link to cancer in rodents and to worsened attention deficit ...