What is Blue 1 and why is it added to food? Blue 1 is a synthetic dye used in food, drugs, and cosmetics throughout the United States and Europe. Today, the dye is typically made from petroleum, but ...

This act forbids the use of artificial colorings red dye No. 40, yellow dyes Nos. 5 and 6, blue dyes Nos. 1 and 2, and green dye No. 3 from foods served in schools. That decision was based off of ...

The US Food and Drug Administration announced this month that it's effectively banning Red No. 3, the controversial artificial red dye found in food and drinks that's been linked to cancer.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration banned Red No. 3 last week, a dye that gives food and drink a bright, cherry-red color. The removal is in response to a color additive petition filed in ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has banned the use of red dye No. 3 in foods, more than three decades after researchers discovered its link to cancer in rodents and to worsened attention deficit ...

When the FDA announced a ban of food dye Red No. 3 this week ... creating natural food colorings from compounds found in plants like beetroot or spirulina, a blue-green algae. When Kraft foods decided ...

5 and 6, blue dyes Nos. 1 and 2, and green dye No. 3. All these additives are derivatives of petroleum. “The FDA is actively working to develop transparent processes for prioritizing chemicals ...

“We did it! Orbital. Great night for Team Blue,” David Limp, the CEO of Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin posted on X, after the Jan. 14 maiden launch of the company’s New Glenn rocket ended with ...

The synthetic additive found in thousands of food products will now be phased out by 2027, but advocates say the agency’s move is long overdue Ella Jeffries Staff Contributor The dye ...