“For no reason whatsoever, it’s got food coloring in it,” said a Walmart customer named Maggie in a TikTok video, showing a ...

Walmart said Wednesday it is scrapping synthetic dyes and other artificial ingredients from its store brands, including Great Value, Marketside, Freshness Guaranteed and Bettergoods, by January 2027.

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 ...

Kraft Heinz and General Mills have announced they will remove artificial food coloring dyes from their products by 2027. The move aligns with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy ...

There's a new health concern over the popular Easter treat Peeps. Consumer Reports is calling on the maker of the marshmallow candies to stop using Red Dye No. 3 over cancer concerns. The advocacy ...

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 ...

The Food and Drug Administration has said it is banning the use of Red No. 3, a synthetic dye that has long been used in the U.S. to color certain foods, such as candies and colored beverages, as well ...

Synthetic dyes are in far more foods in the U.S. than hot red candies and electric blue freezer pops. They lurk in a huge variety of foods and beverages—even ones that don't scream "food coloring." A ...