Kraft Heinz announced on Tuesday its plan to eliminate synthetic colorants from its products by 2027. The announcement ...

Discover why synthetic food dyes are being phased out in the US, how major brands are responding, and what challenges the ...

The FDA is taking steps to phase out all petroleum-based synthetic dyes, known as Citrus Red 2, Orange B, Green 3, Red 40, ...

The FDA has announced a sweeping ban on Red Dye No. 3, giving food companies three years to reformulate their products.

It joined a growing number of big food companies that announced plans to eliminate such dyes as the U.S. government stepped ...

It’s the latest big food company making that pledge. Last week, Kraft Heinz and General Mills said they would remove ...

The FDA previously gave food manufacturers until 2027 to remove red dye No. 3 from their products. Under the Delaney Clause, the FDA is mandated to ban any food or color additive known to cause ...

No, red dye 3 and red dye 40 are not the same. Red dye 40, made of a chemical compound called Allura red AC, is already banned in California, and is among the dyes that the FDA plans to eliminate ...

When the FDA announced in January, before President Joe Biden’s term ended, that it would ban a dye called red dye No. 3 in food and ingested drugs, the federal agency cited just one 1987 study ...

Red 3 – also called FD&C Red No. 3, erythrosine or E127 – has been widely used in food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals since its FDA approval in 1969. You’ve likely encountered Red 3 before.