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 ...

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer The FDA announced plans to phase out synthetic food dyes and replace them with plant-based ...

When an item of clothing is colorfast, its dye does not run or bleed in water (washfastness), rub off (rub fastness), or fade ...

I-Wei Huang – stock.adobe.com Blue No. 2, also known as indigo carmine or indigotine, mimics the color and properties of plant-based indigo dye in products like Skittles and blueberry Pop-Tarts.

Studies on food dyes, especially ones like Red Dye 40 (Allura Red), Yellow Dye 5 (Tartrazine), Blue Dye 1 (Brilliant Blue), and Blue Dye 2 (Indigo Carmine) suggest these potential side effects ...

While major food brands scramble to reformulate iconic products and tech giants have quickly formulated blue dye alternatives, FUL Foods harnessed their proprietary technology to produce blue ...

One reader wonders: Since purple dye was scarce, why didn’t people just combine blue and red? Illustration by Aurélia Fronty Q: I’ve heard that purple was called the royal color because ...

In January, the FDA announced the Red Dye No. 3 that's used in candies, cakes and some medications would be banned by 2027.

Incredibly, his sample returned a positive match for a type of blue food dye. It is the type you would use in a cake as a food colouring. Of course, since then, there has been no official ...

Libourne, April 23, 2025 - Fermentalg, a key player in bio-solutions using aquatic microorganisms, has provided an update on the approval of its natural blue dye by the U.S. Food and Drug ...