Red dye number 3 has been banned. My first thought upon hearing the news was, “What the heck is that?” My second, after a quick Google, was whether I should stockpile in my basement a stash of ...

Last month, the Food and Drug Administration announced it is banning Red No. 3, a food dye additive in processed foods like sodas, sweets and snacks. Recently, it and other dyes were linked to ...

Come January 2027 (yes, two years from now), food manufacturers must remove Red Dye No. 3 from all of their products, according to the FDA. But what even is Red Dye No. 3? Is it dangerous?

U.S. health officials have banned Red Dye No. 3 from American foods, decades after the synthetic coloring was banned in Europe. As VOA’s Dora Mekouar reports, studies have linked the bright red ...