The FDA has approved 27 naturally occurring food dyes that are derived from plants such as beets or turmeric and nine artificial ones that are chemically manufactured—usually from petroleum.
Advantame is an ultra-intense artificial sweetener. In fact, it’s a whopping 20,000 times sweeter than table sugar. It gained FDA approval in 2014 and has since been used in food products ...
The ban highlights differences in global food safety regulations and may lead to stricter controls on other artificial additives. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (USFDA) has recently banned ...
Companies say they are working to update their products to comply with the Food and Drug Administration's decision Wednesday to ban the artificial food dye Red 3, after the agency said it was ...
Food and drink manufacturers have two years to change recipes and formulas now that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has banned the synthetic food dye Red No. 3. Also known as erythrosine ...
3. In a separate act passed in 2024, California moved to ban six of the nine FDA-approved artificial food dyes in public school food and drinks by 2027. The bill did not include Red No.
Manufacturers will no longer be allowed to use the dye, called red No 3 or red dye 3, after studies linked it to cancer in male laboratory rats, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA ...