Red No. 3 and Red No. 40 may look similar, but these food coloring dyes are actually distinct. Here are the main differences ...

11:28 a.m. Jan. 16, 2025: This story was updated with new details on foods with Red. No. 3. Red No. 3, an artificial food coloring with links to cancer, will soon be banned by the U.S. Food and ...

Red dye 3, however, was already in the process of being phased out under a Biden-era mandate, with a statement from the FDA announcing the plans on Jan. 15.

The Food and Drug Administration announced on Jan. 15 that it is revoking authorization of the food dye known as red dye No. 3. The agency had been reviewing a petition to ban the petroleum-based ...

Food companies have two years to get Red Dye No. 3 out of their products. But other synthetic dyes have also raised concerns, because of behavioral issues in kids. Here's what parents need to ...

Red Dye No. 3, also known as erythrosine, is a synthetic food dye that gives foods and drinks a bright red color. It is also sometimes used in oral medicines and dietary supplements. It first was ...

While red No. 3 has been banned from cosmetics in the U.S. since 1990, the dye – one of nine synthetic dyes approved for use in the U.S. – remains in food products.

With the FDA’s recent order on Red 3, manufacturers have until January 2027 to remove the dye from their products. AFP via Getty Images. Other research has tied artificial colors to behavioral ...

In addition to finding these dyes in brightly colored processed foods, the researchers also found them in more muted foods ...

CLEMSON, S.C. — The discussion around artificial dyes and ingredients has grown in the wake of the Food and Drug Administration's decision to ban Red Dye No. 3 in foods and ingestible drugs ...

The FDA is taking steps to phase out all petroleum-based synthetic dyes, known as Citrus Red 2, Orange B, Green 3, Red 40, ...