Given that the FDA has banned Red Dye 3 due its link to cancer in rats, this leaves a lingering question: What about Red Dye 40? Is Red Dye 3 really worse?
A California law outlawed the ingredient at foods served in public schools. RedDye No. 40, a synthetic food dye that's used to achieve a bright crimson color in condiments and candy alike ...
According to the Cleveland Clinic, reddye40 is made from ... what they're using. But if you start looking at [large companies], they're buying truckloads of red40. It's going to take ...