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Do you see red? This US Food and Drug Department formally Banned for red color # 3Painting a popular food related to thyroid cancer. The decision ends until the end of the appendix, producers still have a few years of grade to phase their products.
Everything to know about foods that are currently using synthetic red paints.
What is Red No. 3?
Red № 3 – Also known as FD & C Red № 3, Erythrosine or Red 3 – have a synthetic paint It is made of oil And adds “bright, cherry-red color” to the added products.
In 1990, the FDA was banned by Red No. 3 for cosmetics, but no law consists of being added to numerous food and beverage types for decades.
FDA referred to Delaney clause In the case of a thinking behind the woman, it prohibits a food supplement or color additives if it is found to cause cancer in people or animals.
Although studies show a transition to cancer in laboratory rats, people were not found in people’s paint and cancer.
“Fda, which is a hormonal mechanism of cancer in rats in rats in the rats,” Bryan Hitchcock, “Hormonal mechanism, a hormonal mechanism of the Institute of Food Technologists, which is a hormonal mechanism in rats in rats in male rats, he said.
Hitchcock added that research uses a large amount of paint, which is more than anything to consume a middle man while eating foods.
“As noted by various global regulatory institutions, a red numbered test No. 3 for human security, as it celebrates various global regulatory bodies, says high than the average amount of consumption. “The work referred to by the FDA noted that the rats are approximately Daily .25 mg / kg body weight highest daily consumption 200 times“
9 meals with red # 9
- Certain maraschino cherries
- Substantiated meat and meat substitutes
Red № 3 was banned in Australia, including in other countries, before.
Some special items currently in the Red № 3 are currently part of its components:
- A large number of Brach’s candy, a classic jelly bean, spicy jelly beans, spicy jelly beans, including classic jelly beans
- Morningstar Farms plant-based bacon strips
- Good Humor Strawberry Shortcake Frozen Desert Bars
- Pez candy
According to a Listed by Drugs.comThese are some of the drugs that are red in these:
- Acetaminophen
- Doxycycline monohydrate
- Blackbird
- Vyvanse
This Environment Working Group, designed a database wanted Food products now use forbidden paint. As of February 5, 2025, the site collected 3,092 crops by 3,092 products No. 7.
Should companies take 3 of the products to be removed red № 3?
Despite the ban on the ban, the Red No. 3 has disappeared very quickly from the composition of the composition. According to the FDA, companies will be companies from products to 2027 or 2028 to remove their products.
“Red numbers number 3 in food and adopted drugs 3 January 2027 or 18, 2028 manufacturers used to reform their products by 2028,” FDA phrase Reads.
What will replace red № 3?
Red paint No. 3 will soon be replaced by food painting made of beets and other natural substances.
Givaudan Sense ColorA production company that creates natural food and colorful colors Three possible alternatives for red number 3 – In fact carmine made of errorsBetacyanins in open beets; and anthocyons obtained Fruits and vegetables.
California Assembly Member Jesse Cabriel explained NBC News Although synthetic paints can be cheaper than other alternatives, the Red № 3 does not believe that the price of the ban will cause the price of affected products.
“We do not expect the price to increase the price of any food,” he said.
As for alternative synthetic paints, Red 40The FDA can also help not be prohibited, bright red, so it is possible to choose the manufacturers.
Is other chemical food coloring safe?
Red № 3 After prohibitions now there are eight color supplements approved by the FDA. They are FD & C Blue №1, FD & C Blue № 2, FD & C Green № 3, Orange B, Citrus Red № 4, FD & C Yellow № 5 and FD & C Yellow № 6.
HitchCock says so far the research shows that there is no reason to consume these paints.
“When science says there is no risk to consume other synthetic dyes, we are important to keep track of the safety of food and continue to evaluate. “To ensure our safety and ensure the comfort of spirit for consumers, we continue to invest in more scientific research around our food.”
According to the FDA, the above paints do not violate the same possible risks in Red № 3, so they are still available for use in the United States. However, some studies show the possible connections between certain paints and potential health conditions. For example, some studies depend on hyperactivity according to red 40 Cleveland ClinicBut additional work is still needed to identify a direct contact between the paint.
When asked about the safety of other food paints, HitchCock stressed the need for transparency from the FDA appealed by the agency.
“We believe that food should be a clear framework to review the market for additive security,” says Hitchcock says. “FDA is actively working to solve this issue as in them Development of a developed systematic process for the FDA’s food chemical evaluation. IFT believes that the FDA should put forward a post-assessment of the transparent, scientifically substantiated, established and timely chemical food security. ”
If a drink looks very red to be natural, it is probably so.
Bottom line in Red № 3
In the United States, Red № 3 was completely banned, but it will be used in nutrition as it works to change the recipes of manufacturers for the next two years. However, some manufacturers make changes faster than this.
In an email CBS NewsKeurig Dr. Peppe, to help reach the shelf, “It will be on the shelves by the end of the year” Yoo-Hoo Strawberry for a flavored drink “a new formula”.
