A Pickled Pepper Maker Knows Exactly How Hard It Is to Switch to Natural Food Dyes – DG Verifications & Stats

Food Industry Says Dyes are Safe

By Dr. Stephanie Coxon Does your child eat and then run across the room like a banshee serenading its warning of near death approaching in a neurological tailspin? Could it be related to what said child just ate? Across the nation, consumers and legislators are finally beginning to speak out and take action in defiance of the industrial food […]

A pickled pepper maker knows exactly how hard it is to switch to natural food dyes – DG Verifications & Stats

Even foods you may not guess would have food coloring added often do, like pickled banana peppers. BWFolsom/iStockphoto/Getty Images BWFolsom/iStockphoto/Getty Images The Trump administration’s Make America Healthy Again effort hopes to eliminate potentially harmful synthetic dyes from the food supply. Manufacturers use those dyes to make foods, drinks and medicines in vivid colors, but the government argues that those cosmetic additives are bot…

You’re unlikely to ingest two synthetic food dyes — Citrus Red 2 and Orange B — that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced on April 22 will be banned in the coming months.