What to know about Red Dye No. 40 and artificial food coloring used in thousands of food and drink products sold in the U.S.
The Food and Drug Administration regulates food dyes. These are the food additives that add a rainbow of colors to many processed foods. Two types of synthetic red food dyes have been under ...
In processing the color, according to the FDA, the dye is combined with aluminum to create Red 40 Lake, which is not water soluble in order to prevent colors from bleeding in products like chewing ...
The Food and Drug Administration is looking back at the food dyes that are used in many products and recently put a ban on ...