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5 Foods You Wouldn't Expect To Contain Red Dye No. 3 (But Do)
The Food and Drug Administration has just banned the use of red dye No. 3 from being used in food, drinks, and all other ingestible products including cough drops, cough syrup, and more.
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Which foods contain Red 3, the dye now banned by the FDA?
Erythrosine, which is more likely to show up as FD&C Red No. 3 or Red 3 on an ingredients label, is a color additive in food products, dietary supplements, and medicines like cough syrup.
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Red dye 3: What foods and products have it and why it was banned now?
Companies have until January 2028 to stop using the dye. Red No. 3 is a petroleum-based ... Vicks Formula 44, Luden’s and Halls cough drops all use Red 40. Mucinex Children’s Cough Syrup ...