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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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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days 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 2 points 1 day ago

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