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FDA bans Red No. 3 food dye in food, drinks (storage.science.social)
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FDA bans Red No. 3 food dye in food, drinks

FDA: https://www.fda.gov/food/hfp-constituent-updates/fda-revoke-authorization-use-red-no-3-food-and-ingested-drugs

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[–] buzz86us@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Was red #3 the one derived from a bug?

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 6 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Nope. That's Natural Red 4, aka carmine aka cochineal. And if you're squicked out about bugs in your food then boy oh boy have I got bad news for you lol. Anyway bugs ass food is fine, personally, as long as they're ground up into dust first.

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 2 points 7 months ago

The difference between eating a few by accident and having them ground up for coloring matters to vegetarians.