The dye, known for its bright cherry-red color, is found in candies, snack cakes, maraschino cherries, and some beverages.

the FDA announced it is amending its color additive regulations to no longer allow the use of Red No. 3 in food, beverages and ingested drugs, in response to a 2022 petition from health groups and ...

“There’s a lot of things with color that you can manipulate and affect judgments,” she says. “You don’t think of it, though. … We make automatic judgments on the food and we don’t ...