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

Natural dyes may stain your clothes, hands and surfaces so be careful and get permission from a grown-up first. Use the colour chart to help you decide which colour, or colours you’d like to make.

But others use natural coloring or alternate dyes. Vicks Formula 44, Luden’s and Halls cough drops all use Red 40. Mucinex Children’s Cough Syrup, Robitussen Adult Cough and Chest Congestion ...

For well over a century, food manufacturers in the United States have used synthetic dyes in their products as part of their ...