Manufacturers who use Red No. 3 in food have until Jan. 15, 2027, to reformulate their products, and ingested-drug makers have until Jan. 18, 2028, to comply with the ban.

What is Red 40? A candy ingredients label featuring artificial food dyes including colors Red 40, Blue 2, and Yellow 5 is shown on Dec. 16, 2024, in Atlanta.

The FDA has banned red dye No. 3, as the synthetic additive is known to cause cancer. Nutritionists Ilana Muhlstein and Robin DeCicco discuss what this means for American health.

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Nine dyes, including Red 3, have been allowed in U.S. food. The other common color additives in food are Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3, Red 40, Yellow 5 and Yellow 6.

While the group has highlighted Red 3's link to cancer in pushes to ban the additive, it is concerned over a different health concern — the possibility that artificial food dyes could be causing ...

"There's no nutritional reason to put food dyes in (food and drink)," said Slavin. Until recently, the FDA had approved nine artificial food dyes: Blue 1, Blue 2, Green 3, Orange B, Red 2, Red 3 ...