The food industry is undergoing a significant transformation as regulatory bodies, consumers and manufacturers move away from synthetic food dyes. Historically used for their vibrant colors and ...

The federal government made a big announcement about phasing out artificial food dyes. Here’s what has happened since.

Since becoming Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS), Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has taken aim at coloring compounds in foods, drinks, and medical products, claiming that they can compromise ...

In January 1976, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned a popular and well-studied chemical used in food: Red 2. Food colorants have long been contentious, misunderstood and a target for ...

Odds are, something in your pantry is colored with petroleum. Synthetic dyes — which give fruit snacks their bright colors and cereals their rainbow crunch — are embedded into the everyday foods that ...

Soon after the federal government announced measures to phase out all petroleum-based synthetic dyes from the nation’s food supply, a North Texas man says he felt compelled to do his part and warn the ...

Synthetic food dyes like Red 40 and Yellow 5 are found in nearly 24,000 U.S. food products, including unexpected items like yogurt, pickles, and oatmeal. These dyes, often used to enhance appearance, ...

In one of the anonymous industrial parks that dot New Jersey between Newark and Trenton, as many as 10 billion pouches of Welch’s Fruit Snacks fly off the conveyor belts every year. For almost a ...

Stacey Leasca is an award-winning journalist with nearly two decades of newsroom experience. She is also the co-founder of Be a Travel Writer, an online course for the next generation of travel ...