For decades, FD&C Red No. 3 has added its vivid cherry-red hue to candies and cupcakes—but its risks have been debated just ...

Parents say that red dye No. 3 causes behavioral issues in their kids so they avoid foods with the questionable ingredient.

While color and other aesthetics enhance the enjoyment of foods and drinks, natural color sources — like beet juice, red ...

The ban will affect thousands of consumer products that use the color additive, which has already been prohibited in ...

The dye is known as FD&C Red No. 3 or Red 3. The ban removes it from the list of approved color additives in foods, dietary ...

Studies show that high doses could cause cancer in rats, but the regulators maintain that no evidence exists that ingesting ...

The Food and Drug Administration has said it is banning the use of Red No. 3, a synthetic dye that has long been used in the ...

The FDA has banned red dye No. 3, as the synthetic additive is known to cause cancer. Nutritionists Ilana Muhlstein and Robin ...

Red dye No. 3 must be removed from food by mid-January 2027 and excised from ingested drugs the following year after the FDA’s decision to ban it.

The FDA plans to ban Red Dye No. 3, which has been linked to cancer in animals, from foods and medicines by 2027. Consumers ...

Red Dye 3, a synthetic color additive found in many candies and snacks, has been banned by the FDA due to concerns that it ...

Consumer advocacy groups petitioned agency to restrict additive initially approved for use in 1969.