Red 3 – also called FD&C Red No. 3, erythrosine or E127 – has been widely used in food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals since ...

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 ...

Red dye No. 3 was recently banned by the FDA. But what are the differences between it and the similar red dye No. 40, and what does that mean for you?

Did you know your favorite food might be hiding a not-so-healthy secret? Red dye 3, the one that gives many products their ...

A new ban by the Food and Drug Administration is set to remove a color additive from food and drugs that turn some shoppers’ ...

After decades of debate, the FDA has finally banned Red Dye No. 3, a synthetic food coloring linked to cancer in rats.

On January 16, 2025 the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued notice requiring manufacturers to reformulate their products removing ...

The dye is known as erythrosine, FD&C Red No. 3 or Red 3. The ban removes it from the list of approved colour additives in foods, dietary supplements and oral medicines, such as cough syrups.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has officially banned red dye — called Red 3, or Erythrosine — from foods, dietary supplements and ingested medicines, as reported by the Associated Press ...