Food Dye

When a color additive is used in a packaged food or beverage, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires that it be disclosed in the ingredients. The ingredients will reflect the name of the FDA-certified color additive such as “Red 40” or “Blue 1” if synthetic. Furthermore, color additives from sources like vegetables and minerals […]

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires manufacturers to list color additives as ingredients on the product label. If a product contains an FDA-certified color additive, it will be listed in the ingredients under its name (i.e. Red 40). Furthermore, the FDA states that color additives exempt from certification can be listed collectively as “artificial

It’s no secret that U.S. food manufacturers commonly use dyes to make their products more appealing. How a food appears can influence taste and how we perceive the food. If a chocolate ice cream were colored red, for example, the perceived taste would be impacted for many people. This is because we typically associated red