The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has banned the artificial food dye Red 3 due to concerns it may cause cancer in rats. Food companies have until 2027 to stop using the dye, with drugmakers having an extra year. Many brands are already reformulating their products to comply with the new rule, while others are working to remove Red 3 from their recipes.
Companies say they are working to update their products to comply with the Food and Drug Administration's decision Wednesday to ban the artificial food dye Red 3 , after the agency said it was revoking the additive's authorization over concerns it was causing cancer in rats.
Yoo-hoo's strawberry drink is being reformulated to be made without Red 3, the company told CBS News. 'The new formula will be on shelves before the end of the year,' beverage giant Keurig Dr Pepper said in an email. Some Conagra Brands products, including its Marie Callender's birthday cake pie and Duncan Hines confetti cake mix, list Red 3 as an ingredient. A Conagra spokesperson said they are 'minimally impacted' by the FDA's ruling, and are 'taking steps to remove it from a limited number' of their products in time for the rule's deadline.
A Lindt & Sprüngli spokesperson said none of the company's Lindt products contain Red 3. The spokesperson did not comment on some other brands owned by the company that do list Red 3 in their ingredients, such as Russell Stover. Hershey's has not used the red dye since 2021 and it is not in any of their products on the market, a spokesperson told CBS News. A number of popular American candies like Kit Kat, Reese's and Kisses are made by the company.
Mars Wrigley, which listed Red 3 as an ingredient in one of its Orbit gum flavors in the past, says none of the products in its portfolio currently rely on the dye. Other Mars brands include M&M's, Snickers and Skittles.
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