Joseph Borzelleca published a study on the food coloring Red No. 3. The FDA cited his work when banning the additive in ...

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 ...

It takes tens of thousands of the ground-up insects to make just a pound of the vivid red dye. Now, a biotech startup called Debut has developed a new alternative: an exact replica of carmine that ...

Among the migratory birds navigating their annual trek out of the south are several species of hummingbirds, some of which ...

Some manufacturers have already reformulated products to remove Red 3. In its place they use beet juice; carmine, a dye made from insects; or pigments from foods such as purple sweet potato ...

It takes tens of thousands of the ground-up insects to make just a pound of the vivid red dye. The red coloring, called carmine, also shows up in food—from red velvet cupcakes to sausages ...

Some food manufacturers have already reformulated products to remove Red 3. In its place they use beet juice; carmine, a dye made from insects; or pigments from foods such as purple sweet potato ...