FD&C Red No. 40, more commonly known as red 40, is making headlines again as lawmakers debate whether food dyes should remain legal in the United States. The dye, which has been registered with ...

such as Red 40, might be next on the chopping block. Following the Red 3 ban, Consumer Reports created a petition urging the Food and Drug Administration to ban the other six major chemical food ...

The food coloring has been linked to thyroid cancer in rats and is already banned in parts of Europe, Asia and certain US ...

Some of the most widely known foods and products have unnatural colorants. Red dye 40 is probably one of the more well-known examples of this. From Jello to cereal to Gatorade, Red 40 and its seven ...

While the artificial food dyes Red Dye No. 3 and Red Dye No. 40 (commonly known as Red 40) are both derived from petroleum — as most artificial colors are — Red Dye No. 40 has already become a ...