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Scientist’s Study Led FDA to Ban Red No. 3 Food Dye. Yet He Says It Is Safe
Joseph Borzelleca published a study on the food coloring Red No. 3. The FDA cited his work when banning the additive in ...
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The crushed bugs that dye foods red, like strawberry Yoplait yogurt
deep purple-red color, and that's the source of cochineal, cochineal dye, carmine, whatever you wanna call it. Narrator: For thousands of years, people have been using these bugs to dye everything ...
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Red dye No. 3 has been banned, but what about other artificial food dyes?
Some manufacturers have already reformulated products to remove Red 3. In its place they use beet juice; carmine, a dye made from insects; or pigments from foods such as purple sweet potato ...
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Bold red lipstick gets its color from crushed bugs. This biotech startup made a version that’s insect-free
It takes tens of thousands of the ground-up insects to make just a pound of the vivid red dye. Now, a biotech startup called Debut has developed a new alternative: an exact replica of carmine that ...
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Bold red lipstick gets its color from crushed bugs. This biotech startup made a version that’s insect-free
The intense red color of classic lipstick traditionally comes from an unlikely source: crushed bugs that live on cactus plants in South America. It takes tens of thousands of the ground-up insects ...