Made from petroleum and chemically known as erythrosine, red dye No. 3 is a synthetic color additive used to give foods and beverages a cherry-red color. The dye has been permissible for use in ...

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 ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has officially banned red dye — called Red 3, or Erythrosine — from foods, dietary supplements and ingested medicines, as reported by the Associated ...

Red 3 is a synthetic colour additive made from petroleum and chemically known as erythrosine; it is used to give foods and beverages a bright cherry-red colour known to cause cancer in animals and ...

The Red 3 dye is also known as erythrosine or FD&C Red No. 3. The ban removes it from the list of approved colour additives in foods, dietary supplements and oral medicines, such as cough syrups.